poetry

Still Life

By The Rutgers Review Poetry Collective Hourglass James Boyle Come drown in my hourglass It’s wounded and torn Cracked by past infatuations, One die... Read More

Reflection Journal

  Reflecting on 2017, or any year for that matter, is difficult. All the memories, thoughts and experiences are overwhelming when trying to decipher the... Read More

Gossip in the Ferns

Until out of breath, night winds bend unlit trees. Pines reach the summit of their stretch, pause and return to rest.   In the late darkness, a somber whistle ... Read More

Do You Understand?

  Do you understand, or do you want me to explain it again? You don’t quite seem to understand my ornate, convoluted style of lecturing, unless you do un... Read More

Poetry by Alexa Carmona

Bare Naked. I wanted something else; something tangible enough to fulfill that empty void we all have within our hearts. I wish there were more, however, may... Read More

A Mother’s Rhapsody

The moment was fast-forwarded but it all happened in real time, as did her growth. I sat back holding my breath, aware of the pressure it caused in my stomach ... Read More

Queen of the Sea

  The whale's weeping wobbled wondrous on the whistling wind. Sobs whittled on the descending waves. Every tear was a pool that sank into the depths of ... Read More

Reflections

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXGFtbrIwxg Where did you find her? I've been looking at the stars for 21 years now, Do you see me across the meadows From where... Read More

War

Did you watch the news today? It was all over the network. Broadasting the horrors of bloodshed. The war is back, The playgrounds are gone. Can you see the... Read More

Rested Branches

There is a certain quiet in the falling snow which I can never seem to find within myself.   In this quiet lies the love of I have for my future chi... Read More

A Change of Program

There has been a change of program, This new broadcast will be brighter than the rest, The songs on the radio sound different, Things have changed. The tree... Read More

Sleep

Good evening, Welcome to this new segment called, Sleep eludes me. The fairies of shut eye haunt me, Claw at me, The nightmares don't begin, Reality turns and h... Read More