Twin Flame
BY TIMOTHER MATHER You are my twin, Soul. You have brought happiness and joy into my life. With every passing day, my love for you grows stronger, and with you by my side, our bond becomes unbreakable, a love that transcends time and space, connecting us in this infinite dance of hearts. You complete me …...
Soulmate
BY TIMOTHY MATHER I called to her soul, and she to mine We each called out to the other For a love ordained by the God and Goddess I was thunderstruck by the woman who came into my life I gazed into her eyes, mesmerized by their violet beauty As our eyes met, our twin …...
Movie Review: The Original Matrix Trilogy
BY MARTINA JURI?KOVÁ WITH OSCAR GLENTORN Introduction Since The Matrix became, we can say, a cult movie, I imagine that almost everyone has seen it or at least knows it from hearsay. The Matrix was originally a trilogy. The first part, The Matrix, was released in March 1999. After its big success, the filmmakers decided to …...
Allah Knows Best about Them
BY OMER KAZMI Author’s note: This poem was inspired by the story of the Sleepers of Ephesus found in the Quran in chapter 18, verses 9 through 27. It is dark where they areThe lazy staresWould scareAnyone away, butThey still have a guard. At the yawning mouthThe sun misses themRising from the rightAnd setting in …...
The Smoke of a Future Fraught
BY R.C. MULHARE “Though he shall escape the waters’ flood, yet shall he find a thousand troubles in his country when he arrives.” – Cassandra, The Trojan Women, Euripides April 19th, 1775 Charity Meecham shook herself awake, sitting up slightly from her pillow to clear her head of the cobwebs of nightmares from late in...
Something for the Semiquincentennial: A Collection of Patriotic Movie Reviews
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO 1776 With the 250th anniversary of America, it seemed only right to check out movies pertaining to American history that I had never seen before. One of those was 1776, a musical about the month leading up to Congress signing the Declaration of Independence. Of course, they had to take some liberties. …...
Father of Dust
BY JANNAH M I sigh as Hussain proceeds to drag the child’s body away. Men, elders, and even children. All have shown themselves willing to lay down their lives for this man, this son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, all for some sort of crusade against our Caliph. I still longed to understand. Was he …...
Summer Dream
BY LOUIS LITTLEFAIR Show me the summer place of my youth When I ran with my friends And ripped jeans were the proof Where we played all day long Until night-time had come Then we slept with our dreams And we woke with the sun. No worries had we, not a breath did we waste …...
Four Poems about the Divine Artist
BY SISTER AGATHA YEN PHAM This collection of four interconnected poems presents a contemplative exploration of faith through the unifying metaphor of God as a mixed media artist. Drawing on imagery from nature, craftsmanship, and sacred space, the poems trace a movement from fragmentation to restoration, emphasizing the redemptive...
Phillis Wheatley: A Sweet, Strong Voice
BY LAWRENCE HALL A friend mentioned that he had graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School in Houston, which prompted me to re-read some of Wheatley’s poetry. Wheatley is an interesting writer of much historical significance: she was an African, a British subject in bondage, an American revolutionary activist in bondage, and then an...
