Mosquito Mind by Adele Leahy
I question am I the only one?
With an unkind mosquito mind.
My mental health is a sham.
As I abhor who I am.
My pseudo happiness, pretending...
Neuroleptic Skeptic by Jeffrey Powell
It’s just a little pill
that they say will fix your nerves;
An antipsychotic
- which will normalize your aim.
“We need you to fit in
and we need...
The Recidivist by Zak Mucha
Owning just one monkey, if it weighs under
30 lbs., is not illegal in Houston where
neighbors saw a little gray face peeking through the
front room...
Avoid Bad Psychiatrist by Sam Kris
A psychiatrist and a person are having a conversation:
Day 1.
Person: “I’m so depressed, because my dog died.”
Psychiatrist: “It’s a disorder inside you. I’ll help...
VAMPIRE RACEHORSE by Erica Loberg
When I think about a
24-hour day
I know I am going to have ongoing
obsessional thoughts
coupled with
observations that constantly spring forth
in my mind
all throughout
the daylight.
It’s like...
(Not) Special by Erin Harer
Even in my darkest lost places
It felt worth it
To be special.
Even on the days I knew
That my choices had become expensive
Even then
It felt worth...
When I grow up by Stacey Callard
When I grow up
Every living being will feel safe,
Safe to roam and explore this home we call planet earth
Clean air, education and healthcare will...
Ode to the Path of Least Resistance by Gunnar Burton
A legacy of water
Once Imprisoned in a geological Alcatraz
inert, helpless, gravity it’s only friend
Became
an emphatic knife carving through hard
Precambrian flesh
always under cover of shadow
a...
Poem Without a Title by Richard Plowden
Produce a bit, consume a bit.
For economics you'll be fit.
Produce, consume, and then just die.
That's right, my friend, it's all a lie!
Don't be the...
Losing You by Alshaad Kara
If destiny had a choice,
Sufferings would not be chosen
Yet the pain is a consistent
Dream that refuses to elope
With the night.
Strength comes from weakness
Blossoming as...
We’re Not Settling by Jeffrey Powell
when they’re arresting, stifling, tranquilizing
not standing for our backfire
what’s really wrong - can they answer that
why can’t they promise not to mire
At first we...
Khepri by Michael Hudson
O give me in a shrink the god who rolled Ra
across the heavenly sky each day from dawn,
making everything seem so fresh and young
beneath...
Too by Monica Khadijah Davies
My nose is too long
My hands are too big
My feet have grown
You see they did
My belly is fat
My tits are small
My legs are lean
I...
don’t let another summer by Ivory Kaufman
don’t let the trees bloom green again
while I lie drugged and still in bed
don’t let the world explode with color
while I see only gray...
Fifty Shades of Days by Alec Stanza
triggers are slashing my mind
I process the memories of one strange
summer ;
Where was I ? How long did I wander ?
I walked a lot
nowhere...
Dark Shadow by David Penner
And it befell on one mundane Monday morn
That trainee Hailey Meersheimer (rank M3)
Began her first shift in the psych ward; the pall
Was looming in...
An Atheist’s Prayer by Morgan Stewart
Psychiatry is an atheist’s prayer, absolving the faithful of human desire
It is miracle cures, sinners who have lost their way, and a holy book...
The Art Forger by Larry Lefkowitz
Fogarty's life changed when he discovered Daniel. Daniel had realized he would never be more than a so-so painter, but he discovered he had...
Time machine by Hussein Hammoud
One day I got so smart that I built my own time machine. Right away I went back and un-kissed the girl who broke...
American Dream by Adam Coale
Sad, mad & feeling so defeated..
From this life long ago I retreated..
I long to come back ..
I long to start fresh…
A new day maybe?...
Considering Harry by Tom Todd
I wrote this poem using selected extracts (pages 212-217) from Prince Harry’s book, ‘Spare’, and reflecting on the extent to which his writings might...
Meditations in the Garden of Good and Evil by John-Arthur Ingram
October 15th 3:54am Holiday Inn Express Room 321 or 123
I.
I am death. I am life.
I am Satan. I am God.
I am predator. I am...
Head on a Stick by Jennifer Chapman
I feel a push and pull inside of me,
Deep in the pit of my soul.
Roots stretch to the ends of my stomach,
Tangled with bones—
A...
A Journey Through a Restaurant by Lea Harrington
Walking through this restaurant
to the restroom -
always in the back,
of course
A gauntlet
one must walk
to go
where one needs to go
People look at me,
stare,
laugh at me.
What...
The centipede (peace on Earth) by Jeremy Nathan Marks
In a basement classroom paid for
by the leftovers from a public budget
an instructor teaches refugees English
she says her first tongue is pidgin
and laughs like...
