BY TREVOR BEAUFORT The Internet has brought poets from across the globe together via online forums and poetry chatrooms to create something of a renaissance in poetry in the Western World. There are tens of thousands of these poets and poetesses. These include many retiree wordsmiths with Twitter and blog followings who, before the Worldwide Web was born, might have sat in their homes suffering … Continue reading The Online Poetry Bloodbath
BY VALENTYNA HOLLOWAY Slowly the arm of Winter creeps along the grass, the frosted flowers shivering in the chill before the powdered coloured dawn. The trees begin to dance, their bareness showing their beauty as the leaves applaud from the ground. The season on display, lights entwining needle-filled branches as red berries dot their bows. The world rushing into darkness as if it is … Continue reading Existential Crisis
BY VALENTYNA HOLLOWAY Soft kisses drawn across still quaking flesh, heartbeats tangled in the subsiding pulse of passion. (closer) This is the after of our before. Hands slipping together, fingertips mingling like salt water and the shore as the slowing waves bring murmured declarations of love. (inhale) This is the after of our before. Legs slowly moving, hips merged rising and falling in the quivering … Continue reading This is the After of Our Before
BY CAPTAIN JACK I, Came from a dream, About Us. We were a scene from a riotous assembly, The envy, Of all we surveyed. We played Without fuss We even took the night bus… You and I Laughing and rolling like drunken teens Painted screams on the stars for eternity, A brief maternity And you and me Were we. I was empty without … Continue reading From Jack to Valentyna
BY VALENTYNA HOLLOWAY If You only knew~ I still hold on to the sunshine You placed in my heart. If You only knew~ The way I linger on bridges, waiting, aching to hear Your approaching footsteps and feel Your hand touch my waist. If You only knew~ How I wait for You as I sip my coffee, in reverent prayer that You will run Your … Continue reading If You Only Knew
BY VALENTYNA HOLLOWAY Morning mist dots the landscape, the hues of grey and lavender hang in the palpable air — a tangible reminder of Summer as the Autumnal chill descends. The fragile gift of time ever so apparent as the leaves graciously turn yellow and red, a final burlesque on nearly bare branches. The November roses cling to the sun, climbing higher up the … Continue reading November Roses
BY VALENTYNA HOLLOWAY They came in the night to our cities, our towns, they crossed through the countryside like warriors with shovels and crossbows. Chopping, shooting, digging at the roots of our foundation unable to accept reason or a peaceful resolution of conclusion, even though it was the majorities decision. (Forgive them don’t understand the light the truth, it burns) They bite the hand that … Continue reading Shining Light
BY VALENTYNA HOLLOWAY Slowly knotting roses into my hair as I sat in the sun when You quietly slid behind me and put Your hand on my waist, startling me, the sharp intake of breath because I could feel You. I turned savouring the feeling of Your hand sliding around my waist. It was the light radiating from You ~ or was it the Sun … Continue reading Along The River
