Throwback Thursday: Tricked by D.J. Tyrer
Editor’s note: The ease of language in this Throwback Thursday poem, and the way every word helps build a picture appealed to us. We can...
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Weather Spells August 2022 Issue
- Aug 28, 2022
- 2 min
August 2022 Issue: "Weather Spells"
The wind and the waves echoed her heart- constant and pure. The storm was her soul-wild and untamed... And when the tempest raged around...
Weather Spells August 2022 Issue
- Aug 28, 2022
- 1 min
The Weather Witches by Kelly Jarvis
Once, they worshiped at our altars, Aware our anger might erupt in torrential winds and rains. It did not take much to garner our favor,...
Weather Spells August 2022 Issue
- Aug 28, 2022
- 1 min
The Snow Queens of Southern California by Marisca Pichette
In place of wedding rings we stood toe to toe & drove twin icicles into our eyes. I saw like her & she saw me flaking into an arctic...
Weather Spells August 2022 Issue
- Aug 28, 2022
- 1 min
The Song of The Rain by Faniyi Oluwatomiwa Elijah
Something in the atmosphere has shifted And I can't quite wrap my finger around it The tips of the winter edge have finally receded...
Enchanted Conversation
- Jun 4, 2022
- 1 min
The Queen's Temple by Alexander Etheridge
There’s a scorpion in your mind, and vast fires in your eye. The sun went down ten thousand years ago, its light fell into a swallowing...
Enchanted Conversation
- Jun 4, 2022
- 1 min
Lost & Found in the Rain by Alicia Hilton
Hiking through a forest preserve, I tried to find myself hiding in dappled shadows. Hazy clouds veiled the sun, unleashed icy drizzle. A...
Enchanted Conversation
- Jun 4, 2022
- 1 min
Climate Change by TS S. Fulk
The month of April passed without any showers elf tears do not suffice so May flowers struggle where shall bees and faeries flit and...
Enchanted Conversation
- Apr 1, 2022
- 2 min
Bag of Onions by Jennifer McGowan
Once there was a girl born without eyes. She didn’t know any better, so she was happy. She had a voice like a nightingale and loved to...
Enchanted Conversation
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
A Change of Weather by Deborah Sage
Her sorcery-cloaked sisters come seeking her spells. The Sea Witch asking for An ocean tempest for a prince’s doom and A mermaid’s voice....
Enchanted Conversation
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Zeus Returns, Briefly by Eric Pinder
Zeus scowls down one summer Sunday afternoon at a town unconcerned with a grimace from the sky. He glowers. He glares. He strives to...
Enchanted Conversation
- Apr 1, 2022
- 4 min
A Dance in the Rain by Sarah Garcia
Long ago, in the coastal village of Soltriste, while dreaming, a woman named Dolores met Death. Santa Muerte was wandering the shore not...
Enchanted Conversation
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Beware the Sly Mimics of Spring by Maria DePaul
Mushrooms emerging From saturated ground Mist bearing shoots Scatter faintly Among tree roots Chirping echoes above As other nests Are...
Enchanted Conversation
- Apr 1, 2022
- 2 min
Tsunami Came In Sparkling Midnight by Dyani Sabin
They always talk about the shoes, not the electric slick slide of soles on glass, or the ice that shook me on the stairs— what use are...
Enchanted Conversation
- Feb 15, 2022
- 3 min
Wings by Jordan Hirsch
Wings of spun sugar, wrapped up in paper: a gift from the god who lived down the river. His increasing favor had grown even greater,...
Enchanted Conversation
- Feb 15, 2022
- 3 min
A Heart of Diamond by Rachel Nussbaum
They say long ago when this land was still barren and dry, there was a girl who was born with a heart made of diamond. Her skin was like...
Enchanted Conversation
- Feb 15, 2022
- 1 min
The Wizard & The Wiser by Ryan E. Holman
I wandered in the desert until I found my way to an astrologer. She told me to seek a Virgo; instead, I seem to have found virga....
Enchanted Conversation
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min
Too Late or Never by Stephanie Parent
When you're traveling east of the sun And west of the moon You’re always late Racing against time The elements and Fate There is no map...
Enchanted Conversation
- Jan 24, 2022
- 2 min
Herbaceous Citadel by Avra Margariti
Editor's Note: We have an original bonus poem for the month to share with our readers today! Author Avra Margariti's wondrous poetry...
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