by Paul Palmarozza Life’s challenges have been teachers for me, Revealing powers that I did not see. It began with the challenge, ‘Don’t bother.’ But a voice inside was like my father. Not enough will or talent they assumed. If I accepted their word, life was doomed. Instead, I took a step into the dark, […]

 whose Sanskrit name means the first ray of sunbeam that breaks through at dawn You are my light You are fourteen now, and going through all that teenage angst discovering yourself wanting independence wanting to own your voice You now want to be called Naomi, pronounced Nyomi, the Hebrew way You wanted to go buy […]

by Meral Alizada  Mehmannavaz, I morph into my bubble, ‘to each their own’, I leap to catch my tongue but my tongue colonised, slips out. Ashamed, I drip through the gaps Finally, come clean. Your smile catches rays, you say, Let my back be your bridge from one stream to the next. Mehmnanavaz, That glass […]

by Mark Cumicek That dream. That big step. That relationship. That career change. That new business venture. That intimidating physical challenge. That difficult, but healthy conversation. That opportunity that makes your heart sing. Your best is yet to come… If you choose YOU!

by Saskhia Menendez   I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep, A shining bird in dreams to keep. There she soared, with jet-black eyes, Yellow feet, beneath the skies. Feathers brown, a golden hue, Three feet tall, with wings that grew. I gazed in awe, her beauty bright, A slender form, a graceful flight. […]

by Rozana A Huq In the dark of the night I dig deep into my heart, Searching for an answer, a light. How shall I wrap this precious gift of life? With a shiny paper of gold Or something plain and brown and not so bold? With pink and blue ribbons? Diamond, sapphire and emerald […]

by Chih-ching Lin Boom . . . boom . . . The first movement opens. There goes the second movement. Sound of blood, ruins in unison with tears. Boom boom boom boom . . . Why hasn’t the concert ended yet? The only thing I see Is the shaking sobs of Kyiv. Ah! How massive […]

By Dr. Milan LaBrey Your values are what make you who you are. The strength of your beliefs can really go far. It starts with a seed sent from above. It resides in our heart and it is called love. Once love is in place, life is so satisfying, and the next value of truth […]

by Mariam Tivana The sun retreats from its fiery play, A dimly lit speck in the clouded sky. Swift gusts of cold wind blow- the trees ablaze in autumnal glory, let loose their flamed foliage. Flying and swirling these leaves, make a spectacle of a forest fire; that Babur bewildered, cried out to the old […]

(English Translation) by Jung-chun Lin Shooting like a flying spear… Travelling through baptisms of steely Wind of knives, solitary birds Will eventually See dawn in the dark night. 信望 (Original Mandarin Poem) 像一支飛矛倏地射去 穿歷鋼鐵風刀的洗禮 孤鳥終將 看到 暗夜曙光