2024-04-24 05:59
By: Laura Stamps
Guess what? Six months atmy new job, and I got araise. Wow. Love this state.
Florida. Glad Imoved. Love my job. And my raise.Time to celebrate!
A drive-in movie… Read More
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Literary Yard is an e-journal that aims at widening literary horizons by identifying and featuring the best literary works awaiting publication. The idea is to tender budding as well as established authors a constructive platform which helps them to reach out to a mass audience. An ever-increasing repository of quality, critical articles, poems, short fiction, literary essays and reviews, Literary Yard has won recognition and honors from reputed platforms. Recently Literary Yard has been ranked among the top 100 best Literary blogs on the planet.
2024-04-24 05:47
By Tabussum Sumaiya
I long for youLike the pinnacle of the mountain,That longs to reach the skyThe sun through the dense woodsTo meet the green,I will gently touch your skin.
Like the… Read More
2024-04-23 17:03
By Stephen Tillman
“Not here!” Julie exclaimed as Mark held open the door of the restaurant. “It’s too fancy and too expensive. I’m not dressed for a place l… Read More
2024-04-23 16:54
By John RC Potter
Let me tell you a story of a galon a doorin the back of a station wagonon her wayto the hospital,and how she ended up there.
Becky had a freefall from grace,barrellin… Read More
2024-04-18 05:29
By: Fran Schumer
Some time ago, when I was a young mother, a woman in my neighborhood told me that every day at about 2… Read More
2024-04-17 07:12
By: Chloe Min
Hesitation
From the start, I warned you I would leave,Yet your sweet soul made me hesitate and stay.Your hope that I’d remain caused my heart to grieve,When I l… Read More
2024-04-16 16:49
By Nicola Vallera
It’s the craziest day of my life, and I’m heading into the department stores for Christmas shopping. I wasn’t planning on buying anything for anyone. I… Read More
2024-04-16 16:33
By: Erik Priedkalns
There is a Japanese woman carved into the side of a mountain, on the face of a granite wall. The wall is deep in a Niigata Forest, close to the Sea of Japan. She sits… Read More
2024-04-16 04:11
By Taylor Dibbert
He’s settling intoHis business class seatOn a flight headingFrom DCTo DohaAnd thenHe’ll fly toSri Lanka,A long wayTo go andHe’s feelingSo gratefulFor t… Read More
2024-04-16 04:06
By Davide Risso
The first time I glimpsed it, we were in Valles, a village in the Dolomites with more cows than people. An impressive cloud of white smoke was blowing from a green chimney… Read More
2024-04-15 15:32
To improve your sleep quality despite carrying a few extra pounds, there are several practical steps to ponder. You’ve got to understand the link between your weight and sleep quality… Read More
2024-04-15 15:26
By: James Aitchison
See how a life can wander,unaware of its true path.All beings aspire to be eternal.Eternity is within,discovered in the silent soul.Hear the Voice that speaksuntir… Read More
2024-04-14 09:17
By: Victor Ogan
When the universe thought of us… or did it think of us? Did it plan us piece by piece like a puzzle, tinkering with every algorithm of our genetic code till it… Read More
2024-04-14 09:10
By Reese Scott
Hey KidsDon’t listen to themDon’t believe themThey are dyingThey are miserableAll the plans, dreams are no longerHereThey are leftDrinking gin and tonicsCigaret… Read More
2024-04-14 09:04
By: John Ziegler
Uncle ErnestSister Loretta
Uncle Ernest
was a thin man, bent crane-like.
His Adam’s apple
bobbed with his keening harangue.
Also when he laughed… Read More
2024-04-14 08:58
By: David William Jurgenson
Frankenstein, Missouri
Headmaster McGovern squeezed a crimson stress ball in his ancient, liver-spotted hand that looked like a heart. “Miss Vallo… Read More
2024-04-14 08:50
By: Henry Simpson
The previous owners of the house Susie and I recently bought had neglected the front and back yards. Artists, hippies, lazy folks, or whatever they were, they were not n… Read More
2024-04-14 05:31
By: James Aitchison
The debate rages in scholarly circles: what language did the ancient inhabitants of Scotland speak? Did the Picts possess a lost language, was it an Indo-Europea… Read More
2024-04-10 16:03
By: Walt Shulits
Is it a covert confession, his guilt gushing, grabbing him by the ankles and shaking until truth tumbles onto the nightstand
or is the photo his personal mem… Read More
2024-04-10 04:49
By: Caleb Park
Music is a noun. Here’s what Google says about music: “vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony… Read More
2024-04-10 04:36
By: C. A. Broadribb
Alan stares at the paper in shock. Bills are a part of life, he knows, but $815? Calls to South American countries that he would have difficulty locating o… Read More
2024-04-10 04:28
By: Idoko Jennifer Uloma
What if we become more realistic? What if we put pretence to stop? What if we dispose of our masks and become our true selves? What if we become carefre… Read More
2024-04-08 14:45
By: Leon Kortenkamp
Illustration by Leon KortenkampThe Bright Yellow Birdhouse
“No, she’s not here,” he said.
“I don’t know…Look, I… Read More
2024-04-08 14:35
By: Daniel de Culla
Paris, City of Light and LoveWhat a joke!As the City of Light has littleUnless you go up the Seine RiverGo to the Amusement ParkYou get on the Ferris WheelAnd you… Read More
2024-04-08 14:30
By: Jim Bates
Beneath the tree topsA lush carpet of soft fernsBeckons one to rest.
Sunlight sparklingOn water droplets fallingBirds frolic beneath.
Snow-On-the-MountainSoft green an… Read More
2024-04-08 14:22
By: Jim Bates
After the snowstormWinter’s soft gentle beautySnow on evergreens.
Glorious bright moonShining on snow reflectingBrilliant winter light.
At the skating rinkHa… Read More
2024-04-08 07:27
By: James Hippie
IntakeRecognitionProgress
Intake
The intake psychiatrist asked meif I was hearing voices,experiencing hallucinations,or believed I possessedany superpowers.
Then… Read More
2024-04-08 04:16
By: Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Forest Dwelling Thingsay it albatross, let’s sayDancing DressesLagerfeld Blinks (And No One Can Tell)The Theremin of Our Recent Closeness Has Pissed Everyon… Read More
2024-04-02 04:46
By: Carl Papa Palmer
Looking in the mirror over the sun visor of our nine passenger 1959 Ford station wagon, which we really need with six children, Dad says he does not care for Ash… Read More
2024-04-02 04:40
By: Mayumi Yamamoto
On your last birthday whenTenten was still aliveyou were notwith me.
It was November 2022, when I couldn’t celebrate itbecause you disappeared from my sig… Read More
2024-04-02 04:21
By: Juhyun Oh
Set in the backdrop of charged racial tension and segregation in Alabama during the 1930s, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses Atticus Finch as a literary vehicle… Read More
2024-04-02 03:20
By: R.T. Castleberry
THE WORLD IS NOT RENEWED
Sleeping beneathGoodwill blanket and sheets,the first rattle of winteragainst the windows,I take tension intoevery breathing day.Feral… Read More
2024-04-01 15:02
By: Dr. Charles Gibson
O peace, where art thou?
Seek me out as a prize, inthe midst of a plate, observedby one who hungers for fulfillment.Take hold of me, like a memorizedlover, infat… Read More
2024-03-31 11:02
By: Vanaja Malathy
What is love? Love is love! Does love happen among the equals? not always…remember the Vendetta between two families of Romeo and Juliet
Does love happe… Read More
2024-03-31 10:53
By: James Aitchison
The world does not wait.I will.Hear my voice in thestillness. In the calmnessthat defies distractions.Know the passages oflives and fates,know of the death thatfol… Read More
2024-03-31 10:49
By: Ramlal Agarwal
Raj Kamal Jha is an IIT student and holds a Master’s from the University of Southern California. He is the chief editor at The Indian Express… Read More
2024-03-31 06:24
By: Bruce Levine
Spring Erases Winter
The season of snow Comes to an end As all things must Winter melts with The residue of ice Making way for the spring As the budding of tre… Read More
2024-03-30 16:46
By Jim Bates
After somber rainPretty morning glories bloomUnexpected gift.
Belief they will growCarrot seeds planted with careFaith in Nature’s hands.
Woodland stream babbling… Read More
2024-03-30 16:42
By Nolo Segundo
The Ocean Between Two SoulsSNOWFALLWhen Time Melts
The Ocean Between Two Souls
When you tryto understand anotherand find a wall put up in haste,orcome upon an old mo… Read More
2024-03-30 16:34
By: Wayne Russell
Wheels of ReinventionGet the Balance Right War Dance Cradle of Time (memories fade) Springtime Where Are You?
Wheels of Reinvention
Another rainy night,drivi… Read More
2024-03-29 10:44
You need a good night’s sleep and your mattress is essential to that mission. A clean, comfortable mattress is part of healthy sleep hygiene, as is maintaining a regular sleep schedule… Read More
2024-03-20 06:44
By: James Aitchison
“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.”
And she was not exaggerating. Dorothy Parker (1893 — 1967… Read More
2024-03-19 17:38
By: Onkar Sharma
“Varanasi: A Filmmaker’s Musings Along The Ghats” by Sarthak Dasgupta offers a captivating visual exploration of one of India’s most revered citi… Read More
2024-03-15 17:42
By: James Aitchison
Accept, Man, the pattern of all life,for with acceptance comes calm.See with your eternal selfthat this life is a path,and each stone an event,a moment, a cr… Read More
2024-03-15 17:39
By: Daniel de Culla
FROGS’ LOVEI BELIEVE IN REINCARNATIONIN THE CHARTERHOUSE OF GRANADA MAY 3, 1808 IN MADRID DANIELA IN LAUNDRY AT TIME OF WAR
FROGS’ LOVE
In a week wi… Read More
2024-03-15 17:29
By: J.R. Solonche
APOLOGY TO THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK I DID NOT READTHE TRACKSTHE ROOFER
APOLOGY TO THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK I DID NOT READ
I am sorry, Peter Martin.I am sorry that I di… Read More
2024-03-15 17:19
By: Karl Koweski
abandoned by all thingshard timedysania
abandoned by all things
my brother phoneslate at night.he’s been drinking again,asking if I might writea few poetic li… Read More
2024-03-15 17:11
By: Judge Santiago Burdon
Does he touch you with deep cabernet dreams, or is it just chardonnay passion, does your heart race from his nearness, is there surrender in his scent… Read More
2024-03-07 07:36
Wanna know about important writing tips in the age of generative AI?
Aspiring authors today find themselves in a fascinating era where artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and… Read More
2024-03-07 06:31
By: Mahathi
KITE
I kept staringat the straying kite in the sky.The snapped thread is chokingin my tightened fists.The rolling down spindle over the slopeis slowly releasi… Read More
2024-03-07 04:58
By Pettra Yahya
Alcohol you mean no more,Your ways have hurt me to the core,Alcohol you mean no more,I’ve found a way to show you the door,Alcohol you mean no more,I will not meet y… Read More
2024-03-06 17:11
By: Rita McDermott
RusticSpringBeautiful Soul
Rustic
Cold damp rain pervades the forestWhile flames crackle in the stone fireplaceBeads of moisture slide down the windowpaneAnd… Read More
2024-03-06 16:33
By: Blair Boleyn
Dating a TrollMorgana’s AdmirerOnce, I had a heart of gold…Indefensible
Dating a Troll
My beauty you extol,But you don’t care about my soul.Y… Read More
2024-03-06 16:09
By: Marc Carver
SCHIZOCHANGELINGTHE LITTLE THINGS PUNISHMENT
SCHIZO
I like walking at nightthe streetlights show two of metwo shadows that fall one behind the otheralthough we still… Read More
2024-03-05 17:04
By: Sashie
The American dream is based on a concept that anyone can obtain success, regardless of their upbringing or socio-economic status. Gatsby’s life is the epitome of the… Read More
2024-03-05 16:59
By Bruce Levine
Being the new kid on the block isn’t easy. Pairings have already been made. Groups have been organized as if by some unseen and unknown hand sorting everyone; pointi… Read More
2024-03-05 16:56
By: Bruce Levine
Where do rainbows go After they fade away? Is there a land of color And parades of chocolate cake? Do leprechauns go bowling Or skate in pools of rain? Do milkshakes las… Read More
2024-03-05 16:48
By: Ed Nichols
The Slow Train
A train came by the station so fast it was just a blur. So fast we could scarcely read the writing on the si… Read More
2024-03-05 16:38
By: April Mae Berza
She is beautiful inside outlike an ethereal flame,rekindling the summers of youth,sweet and innocent.Her passion for dogs and catsshines through,I’m in awe and w… Read More
2024-03-05 05:32
By: Andrew C. Miller
Periwinkle, a black and white short-haired cat with a dark smudge on his nose squeezed under the couch. He was searching for Blueberry, the Maine Coon cat. &ldquo&hell…Read More
2024-03-04 13:38
By Thomas M. McDade
I thought I’d regret skipping a goodbye visit to the Windburn Barn so better safe than sorry I drove there. I figured a bunch of college kids would have rented… Read More
2024-03-04 13:23
By: Cat Dixon
Checking inLetter from an InfantIgnore the Traumas: Focus on the Day to DayBetter to Never
Checking in
Cornered by walls that need to be repainted and words uttered th… Read More
2024-03-04 13:14
By: Anthony Rosa
The clock strikes five and the sun goes down,the seasons have changed, but my love still abounds.I heard your voice in the wind today,I felt your kiss as the petals b… Read More
2024-03-04 12:59
By: Jodi Nathanson
I am a High School English teacher who has been teaching grade 9 English for more than 20 years. One of my favourite parts of the job is teaching the Shakespeare unit t… Read More
2024-03-04 12:50
By: Pramod Rastogi
Write these words on your slateThat you will never eraseIs the promise you need to make.
These words of lore are all I own.They are earnings … Read More
2024-03-04 12:46
By: James Aitchison
Listen to the soft voiceof your inner self,speaking with the wisdomof eternity and knowledgeof all things.You hold the keys toall healing.You do not have tow… Read More
2024-03-01 05:24
By: Thomas Sanfilip
One of the more extreme challenges these days is to somehow reinvent a writer deceased over 150 years ago and still appeal to modern, literary tastes. The 19th&n&hell…Read More
2024-02-27 16:57
By: Miriam Manglani
Linda didn’t ask for a step daughter with Down Syndrome when she married Allen six months ago. She exhaled in frustration and paced through her bedroom, her… Read More
2024-02-27 16:49
By: Steven Grogan
I think I was just too nervous when I let my tongue go rattling off like the machine gun I was holding. Why did I have to say I was going to kill those people if my… Read More
2024-02-25 17:09
By: James Aitchison
Take refuge in thequiet voice within your soul.The past is impermanent,incapable of pursuit.When your mind is free ofphysical emotion,no regrets can remain.Hear th… Read More
2024-02-25 16:42
By L. Burton Brender
For Jim and Anthony
My older brother, Jose, he is a man. He has 16 years and he has been a chambelan. Two times. The first time he was the escort for this ver… Read More
2024-02-25 16:36
By: Brian Michael Barbeito
Photo by Brian Michael Barbeito
the rains had arrived when there was supposed to be snow, and the fields became beige and flaxen again, and the world was str… Read More
2024-02-25 16:29
By: Jake Sheff
I Reassure and Measure Time’s Reluctance Down at Silver Falls: an Ovillejo
How do you steal moonlit nights?Squatters’ rights.What do you tell whiny trees… Read More
2024-02-22 06:24
By: Gulshan Ara
Little nursery underneath a half-burnt bunkerKerosine lamps hanging from the ceilingTiny premature babies wrapped in half torn blanketCurling up in their tiny cribs, strug… Read More
2024-02-21 17:29
By: Rehanul Hoque
(Dedicated to Taslima Akter Rima)
In the lonely hours of a lovelorn heartA wild beauty beckoned to come closer –
She sat leaning upon a coral reefHer hair di… Read More
2024-02-21 17:21
By: John Grey
EGRETSTHE SHY ONETHE BEAN AND THE GRAPEFORMERTHE ROOMSAUTUMN BOYMONSTERS
EGRETS
Leaving water country behind,they headed for the trees,cadenced wingbeats slow… Read More
2024-02-21 05:01
By: James Aitchison
The British Empire threw up hundreds of bizarre individuals who set out to find fame and fortune
in remote corners of the earth. Scotsman Benjamin Boyd (1801… Read More
2024-02-20 04:56
By: April Mae Berza
For Koume, my cousin
My cousin is an anarcho-syndicalistWho loves Dojacat but you told meIt is impossible. Politics is prettyMusic, I said. The world is full of… Read More
2024-02-20 04:50
By: Suveeksha Viswanathan
When home seems far from home, And the ever-widening recesses Taketh me. Like edifices huge and narrow street, Implores nature to stretch Her aching feet. Th… Read More
2024-02-19 12:07
By: Amanda Niamh Dawson
Slab All
Free fallDream crawlTo shoreOnce more
Fly freeSun seesAll realKeen feel
LongboardLost lordsSpin swordsWood godsAll towardWet yardsLay sodTo f… Read More
2024-02-19 09:34
By: CLS Sandoval
The Biopsy Taste of Burnt Toast Toast No More The Mothers by Käthe Kollwitz Untitled Film Still #58 by Cindy Sherman Woman Reading by Henri… Read More
2024-02-16 12:16
By John RC Potter
If I couldI would wear a sign for all to see, words of wisdom and wit:
Emotionally Closed for the Season
and perhaps thatwould protect mefrom those whodesperately… Read More
2024-02-15 12:40
By: A. J. Carey
Heart thumping, feet pounding, and muscles burning. Atalanta breathes in the cold, fresh air, and all other thoughts leave her mind as she focuses only on one thing;… Read More
2024-02-15 12:21
By: Charlie Dickinson
Alroy left Olivia’s, went home, and didn’t know what to do. With one gesture, her hand on his back, and her words he should visit her in Dallas, sh… Read More
2024-02-15 12:07
By: Rehanul Hoque
Dedicated to Taslima Akter Rima
Unruly clouds wading through the vast though rendered thrillTo a distant heart, were enough to cut an insane darkness into piecesFalli… Read More
2024-02-15 12:03
By: Bruce Levine
Thinking about tomorrow
Focused on prospects
Waiting in the stillness
of inertia
Projects and process
Held in the hand
of external forces
Glimmers on… Read More
2024-02-15 12:01
By: Bruce Levine
Every government, large or small, foreign, or domestic; every university or school district, urban, suburban, or rural; every business, corporation or mom-&-pop have… Read More
2024-02-12 12:28
By: Daniel de Culla
GAZA, MARITIME CITY OF PALESTINEHI DIMETRODONPALESTINE IS NOT A TALEPALESTINESKELETOR WAITING FOR DENTIST
GAZA, MARITIME CITY OF PALESTINE
There is no more b… Read More
2024-02-12 12:19
By: Paweł Markiewicz
The pattern of each dazzling pyramid-poem
name 1 word: ………….term 2 words ……… ………&hel&hell…Read More
2024-02-11 16:44
By: Douglas Cole
Building a House on the RiverChasing the MuseMechanicGrandpa with the SpiderWild to be Wreckage Forever
Building a House on the River
It’s amazing he thou… Read More
2024-02-11 12:25
By: Audrey Lauryn
Clara:
Lifeless entities mill around Callum Square. A group of initiates drape crimson fabric from various light posts. Others sweep the pristine cobblestone streets… Read More
2024-02-11 12:20
By: James Aitchison
In every soul, there is a quiet core.It is immune to fear, hunger,strife and conflict, and theimpermanence of life cannotpenetrate it unless permitted.The essence… Read More
2024-02-10 16:32
By Christopher Johnson
In 1909, the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung had a dream that was destined to become famous. The dream came upon him while he was traveling with Sigmund Freud to d… Read More
2024-02-10 16:26
By: Don
I ran into Chicago Union Station about 10 minutes before my train was set to depart for St. Louis. I’d overslept. Two months into retirement, I still hadn&rs&hell…Read More
2024-02-10 16:22
By: Jacob Keating
In the emails I’ve sent to publishers, I’ve said it’s about ‘inner-vastness’ and ‘roads left un-walked’ and a twenty-someth… Read More
2024-02-10 16:17
By: Flora Jardine
It’s a common fairy-tale theme — imprisonment in a tower — and a common true-life tale of city life today, a dark one and Tom was living it, although h… Read More
2024-02-07 06:02
By: Elaine Lennon
Leonard Higgins was an honest man. Modest, middle-aged, unassuming, non-descript. A quiet kind of a man. A man who operated at a very low velocity. The kind of man y… Read More
2024-02-05 12:01
By Dawn DeBraal
Kennedy Hyde sat across the table from her boyfriend, Sam Colbert. They’d been dating for eight months, and things were going well.
“So ne… Read More
2024-02-04 17:16
By: Bruce Levine
Dear Reader,I believe that all life should be lived between forty and sixty. Of course I don’t mean that the human life span should be between forty and sixty, heav… Read More
2024-02-04 17:10
By: Tom Ball
I say, I have a myriad of difficulties in my life. My true love has affairs with androids. And I was redundant as an architect. An android h… Read More
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