Tags : Alienation

drifting

drifting

A Poem by Devashish Kumar


effortlessly and unheedinglyalmost without conscious controlfrom a world strangely familiarbut utterly utterly unknownwe gently drift towards a landwh..
Each Color a Scar

Each Color a Scar

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Each Color a Scarby Michael R. BurchWhat she left here,upon my cheek,is a tear.She did not speak,but her intentionwas clear,and I was meek,far too mee..
Alien Nation

Alien Nation

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Alien Nationby Michael R. Burchfor J. S. S., a "Christian" poetOn a lonely outpost on Marsthe astronaut practices “speech”as alien to prim..
Re:Cluse

Re:Cluse

A Poem by C Peril


Go on! Give it a read! You know you want to...
i o u

i o u

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


i o uby Michael R. Burchi might have said itbut i didn’tu might have noticedbut u wouldn’twe might have been usbut we couldn’tu migh..
Desdemona

Desdemona

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Desdemonaby Michael R. BurchThough you possessed the moon and stars,you are bound to fate and wed to chance.Your lips deny they crave a kiss;your feet..
Nashville and Andromeda

Nashville and Andromeda

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Nashville and AndromedabyMichael R. BurchI have come to sit and think in the darkness once again.It is three a.m.; outside, the world sleeps . . .How ..
Yearbook

Yearbook

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


YearbookbyMichael R. BurchHere I scrawl extravagant rainbows.And there you go, skipping your way to school.And here we are, drifting apartlike untethe..
Departed

Departed

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Departedby Michael R. BurchAlready, I miss you,though your parting kiss is still warm on my lips.Now the floor is not strewn with your stockings and s..
Dust

Dust

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Dustby Michael R. BurchFlame within flame,we burned and burned relentlesslytill there was nothing left to be consumed.Only ash remained, the smoke plu..
Poems about the Coronavirus

Poems about the Coronavirus

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Poems about the Coronavirusyet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1by michael r. burchplagued by the Plaguei plague the goldfishwith my verseyet another ..
Alien

Alien

A Poem by Mustafa Gharib


I no longer feel like it's easy to belong where I was born and raised...
The Avoidance

The Avoidance

A Story by R J Fuller


Ever stood your ground, only to find out you had nothing to stand for in the first place?
Hindrance

Hindrance

A Story by R J Fuller


When the most subtle of attempts at being disinterested are perceived and remembered.
RESENTMENT

RESENTMENT

A Story by R J Fuller


How long can we resent? No matter how long, eventually, we will resent no more.
The End of the World

The End of the World

A Story by SparksInTheNight


The Town was a good Town. Everything was beautiful. They lived in accordance to the prophecies. The final prophecy decreed the coming of the Taker, wh..
Discrete Infinity

Discrete Infinity

A Poem by Swagato Saha


What if the coordinates of reason misperceive chance encounters as portending deeper meaning? I have in mind the modern-day academic, and as if a clas..
Fugue

Fugue

A Poem by Swagato Saha


An attempt to understand the ways in which memory severs, loses its material ties under the influence of private pathologies. Perhaps why the most int..
Private Reason

Private Reason

A Poem by Swagato Saha


Isn't the contemporary intellectual scene rife with specialists with little sensitivity towards issues outside their expertise? How then to resist thi..