Charles Simic is a Serbian immigrant who migrated to the United States with his family in 1954. Many Serbs were displaced as a result of WWII and were left without a home or even, for some, a country. Charles Simic was 16 when he immigrated to New York City. He is now a world renownedContinueContinue reading “Charles Simic – Refugees”
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sell out.
This is a work in progress… When was the last time you gave your dreams away? Stepped down? Sold out? We sold ours for some pretty lights and a music machine that spits out beats that are nice and predictable. Like God should be. Just how we like it. Funny how that works. Some dreamsContinueContinue reading “sell out.”
where the home is.
This poem is modeled after “First Smile” by Alessandra Lynch. Stable and secure and always open. A home is a comfort – is seldom forgotten. Warm hands out-pressed with your greeting, embracing sojourned spirits to their rightful place. Heart turned outward, reaching for yours, filling the feelings of longing and forlorn with this: ContinueContinue reading “where the home is.”
nature’s tapestry.
Nature’s Tapestry By Julia Fleenor Like the after thought of nights cool breath The spider web ripples like water in the summer Air. Streams of light filter through each filament, A delicate tapestry carefully adorning the trees. Each thread is a chance its weaver takes, Tossed to the wind, reaching for something toContinueContinue reading “nature’s tapestry.”
The Dark Night of the Soul.
The Dark Night of the Soul Once in a dark of night, Inflamed with love and wanting, I arose (O coming of delight!) And went, as no one knows, When all my house lay long in deep repose All in the dark went right, Down secret steps, disguised in other clothes, (O coming of delight!)ContinueContinue reading “The Dark Night of the Soul.”
The Patio 