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Hunger, a Poem by Helga Gruendler-Schierloh
Yesterday we drank red wine
and dined pleasantly bored,
arrogance our daily guest.
There were no doubts,
there were no fears,
great promises rang in our ears.
We were entitled to the best.
Valiant Scribe
2 days ago1 min read
My Eye, a Poem by D Larissa Peters
The world is surging around me … chaos
protests, disasters, crashes and killing
And in the eye of the storm, I’m on the floor
building legos
My 2-year-old architect demands
music and I play it
Valiant Scribe
Jul 101 min read
This Is How I Heal, a Poem by KB Ballentine
Fingers of pine feather the sky,
juncos hopping in the shadows –
light and dark marbled through cedar and sycamore.
Valiant Scribe
Jun 261 min read
A White Poet Reflects, a Poem by Vern Fein
How much freedom do Black poets
have to write of Nature, silliness,
an exciting vacation,
the ill-treatment of animals.
Oh, I know Black poets write on many subjects,
but I’ve never heard that variety at these readings.
Contributor
Jun 192 min read
It Takes a Long Time to Go Nowhere, a Poem by Leigh-Anne Burley
Matchless people in a frenzied crowd
gone the way of the living dead.
Heart’s lonely cry echoes
in faraway conches.
Contributor
Jun 51 min read
Solarpunk, a Poem by CS Crowe
The old man breathes deep and reminisces
Sentimental for the smell of diesel and gasoline
While they watch the bumblebees and the lovebugs
Dance amidst the wildflowers; a cool summer night
Contributor
May 81 min read
Remnants, a Poem by Keith Norris
I stand on the slab
where long-dead people once slept
I peer into the cracks
widened by years of freeze-thaw cycles
I see a lone ant
carrying a tiny particle of food
I pause and smile with the realization
that life, ever so precariously,
goes on.
Valiant Scribe
May 11 min read
Riverside Precipitate Flint & Steel, a Poem by CS Crowe
The little girl and the old man connected
Only by the way the water sagittated glass shards
Into smooth crystal over long decades
How could they know, someday, they would both
Be ankle deep in the same river?
Valiant Scribe
Apr 172 min read
Hearts of Stone, a Poem by Mark James Trisko
I am flawed and imperfect
imbued with conflicting emotions
with extreme polarities in thought
my anxieties instill fear and my fear breeds anxiety
Contributor
Mar 62 min read
The Life You Need, a Poem by Matthew Pullar
Second Sunday of Lent.
Confession prayer, and my fingers
are consumed with unweaving
my eldest son’s TheraPutty from
his liturgy booklet, pressed
in some moment of sensory need
to the perforated part where you share
contact details and prayer requests.
Valiant Scribe
Feb 131 min read
Battle Ready, a Poem by Jason Deutsch
We could be at peace
and yet we fashion battles,
for who can gaze in silence at the sun
and be content for long?
Contributor
Feb 61 min read
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