Paper Lanterns is a delicate bouquet of poetry created with much love and fondness from my heart and soul. Each poem holds a special place for me even though they are very varied and have their own unique essence and individuality when it comes to entertaining thoughts of hope and love, evoking curiosity, and reveling in the majesty of nature. My hope is that each poem like a paper lantern may carry with it light and much love.I hope you find the poem which is meant for you

A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” SelectionIt was the first autumn of the Iraq War, when Ella saw Dani again. “Today I’m Yours” is a story of seduction and layered memory, a love affair fifteen years past but not forgotten—from the author of the National Book Award nominated and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Veronica.Mary Gaitskill is widely acclaimed as a caustically sharp observer of American culture high and low, of bodily temptations and sensua...

Poems and random thoughts written over the last 40 years

There are some very nice poems to be plucked from the air. Howon Lee has plucked some of them from the air and then put them onto pages. Then, he sent them to a magical factory full of gnomes to transcribe them onto the underside of some leaves. Then, somebody beat some sense into him and he wrote them down in Word documents. Here they are.

This collection of poetry contains 40 poems that all are set to the theme of light and darkness. Some poems are exclusively uplifting and resonate beauty, while others are exclusively unsettling, evoking some darkness within them. Still, other poems combine the two, light and dark, to play back and forth on beauty and the unknown.

This collection of Japanese haiku by American singer and composer, Don Raye is a delightful contribution to the world of haiku written in the English language.Like Haiku sings as haiku should—of life and joy, and sorrow and the seasons. Nor is this surprising for Mr. Raye is a successful song writer. For him no subject is too trivial, and none is too deep to put into poetry. He writes for Hope and History; Women and Wanderlust; Soul Brothers and a Seeing Eye Friend; Ego an...

Living as a human being among others means dropping any shield we might want to wear and opening ourselves up to experiences that allow us to feel truly alive. Living in awareness of our bodies, minds, spirits, and surroundings lets us understand how we fit into this world we were born into. The poems in God Sneezed immerse the reader in this journey through life. They invite readers to feel with all of their senses, to remember people they have met and times when they felt the happiness o...

Jerry celebrates his 50 years together with Dani in Poetry. A true love story for all ages.

Black Marigolds by E. Powys Mathers "This is a versified translation of the Caurapancasika. This love poem of fifty stanzas was written by the Kasmiri poet Bilhana Kavi in the 11th century. The story runs that the Brahman Bilhana had a clandestine love affair with Princess Yaminipurnatilaka, the daughter of King Madanabhirama. He was discovered and Bilhana wrote this poem in prison before he learned whether he would be executed or banished. The historic outcome is unknown, whic...

Haiku, and those poems inspired by them, attempt to realize the essence of a moment simply, directly, and creatively. Haiku represent a beautiful combination of presence and transcendence, of wonder and realization, through the crystallization of an instant in time.With two hundred sixty haiku and haiku-inspired poems, Swaying Branches, Rustling Leaves offers insightful observations of everyday and uncommon moments presented with humor, joy, and clarity.Ranging fro...

A contemporary transposition of "Song of Solomon"The fog carries out the abyss of the last shadows.On the road, the sky still draws the remote phantom of the morning rain.The air is lighter and lighter.Flowers are blooming; fruits are falling on the grass separated from their sleep, like some frail shadows.And there she is, like the spring revival, a body in its misty flight shivering words: love, love, love, restless and endless echoes.Where are ...

You will bring light to my darkness, you will bring hope to my despair. You will be my knight though you will first be a slave, but I know which spots to hit to make you brave. Dreamy, impulsive, but mostly confusedthis is Lola. On a journey where she just tries to live, love, and be loved, Lola is being followed by the one thing she thought she escaped froma presence that will find her wherever she goes . . . a presence that isnt happy with her decisionsnot happy at all. Follow Lola throu...