Carpe Diem by Rosemary J Kind

Carpe DiemWho knows what their tomorrow holds?Why take the time to second guess?So easy letting now slip by,Taking from it rather less,Because our sights are firmly fixedUpon horizons far away,And not upon the next small step,Forwards. Onwards. Seize today.• Rosemary...

Words are as Wounds by Helen Dibble

The following two prose pieces are exerpts from a much larger piece Words are as Wounds, which retells the story of Lilith, Adam's mythological first wife. Continual references to the Bible, the power of the written word and the mystification of the unwritten...

New light verse by Alexis Byter

DowntimeMy email service will not downloadthe internet link is friedthere's no signal on my PDAand my wireless modem's diedMy cell phone battery has run flatand the voicemail system won't play backso I'm logging off from work todayand I won't be...

Two new poems by Chris Major

An Easter Sacrifice In 2007 I've given up writing longpoems for Lent….  – – – – – – – – –   Hospice Not at all whatwas expected:chintz and soft furnishings,shag muffling...

Two new poems by Matthew Howard

One from the cave A cave man and a cave man and a cave manfound themselves upright in a cave,found their limbs suddenly dexterousfound their fingers feeling into articulations;and they were laughing, well, not as we know itbut a sort of chattering, incredulousat...