“Evening Shadows” by Nancy Jo Allen

The sun completes yet another cycle casting a long shadow that provides a vagabond’s only traveling companion with whom he shares thoughts and secrets that complement the earth’s hazy skies. They are both world travelers, but the sun knows where it is headed and sees miles beyond the horizon: it is the leader. The man…

“Four Poems for Youth” by Stephanie Henson

Mosaic Masterpiece You may think you are broken, but lovely things can be created from the pieces. Up, down, sideways, and in between— non symmetrical shapes in different sizes with sheen. A mosaic masterpiece, glimmers and shimmers from every angle. The glue that binds creates, A stunning piece of artwork. Each tile a testament of…

“Just Me, the Stars, and Hope” by Cynthia Cady Stanton

I like to get up before the sun does. It is a kind of race to greet the day first, for being alone in the stillness of the morning fuels me. When I walk in the quiet of my slumbering neighborhood, and I can look up at the moon and the stars, and feel the…