it is a cat-scratch in the arch of my tenderfoot this swelling, welling in my soul back arched and forehead burning I hiss at the brush of your outstretched paw. hairs upended and mewling black yesterdays slink under ladders splattered in the shabby patina of abandoned masterpieces. steeped in antiquated ammonia vintage carpets curl in … Continue reading Fevered- Aurora Phoenix
Month: April 2018
OUT IN THE COLD
Eli Kyoko/The Moonlit Pieces
I wore your hat to protect my head
from the debris falling from our family tree
but the spilling blues and red,
lumps the purple on my skin
The invisible scars, the indelible tints
Throbs and thumps within
‘Cause father, when you left
I saw how mother went out in the cold
gasping for life, bereft
She wore my hug to warm her skin, to endure your sin
I caught the cerulean falling stars from her cheeks
and wished for a warmer tomorrow
The bleak moonbeams break
I held the fragments of her soul harrowed
Saturated, dispersed
The sky was disintegrating on our bodies,
perforating our flesh, dilapidating our minds
And everyday I drink mother’s whines
‘Cause father, when you left
I was out in the cold like her
I…
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If Only this Damned Rain would Stop
Sha’Tara/~Burning Woman~
[a poem by ~burning woman~ ]
If only, she sighed heavily
it was raining harsh and hard
on the shelter’s tin roof
spring flowers taking a pounding
across the street in a stranger’s yard
I wish it didn’t remind me of the bombings
the screams, the shouts and the blood
the running away scared in the dark
the fires lighting lurid shadows
when death lurked everywhere
If only I didn’t feel
this anger, this terror, this hopelessness
when my little sister was killed
my older brother carried her
until his strength failed and he could not
we buried her under rubble
so she would not be found
her body desecrated
If only I could remember
something else, something
that did not hurt so much
if I could hear her voice singing
just once more, oh, just once more remembering
how her beautiful slender fingers
made our piano keys dance
and…
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Rachel Finch- April 24, 2018
Special Call for Submissions from the Whisper and the Roar: Global Exploitation of Women
The Whisper and the Roar Collective is seeking submissions of well-crafted, impactful writing for our series on the global exploitation of women. We are accepting poetry, prose, fiction, personal narratives, and essays on these topics from around the world. We are looking for writing that makes us feel, makes us think, that moves us. April 22nd – … Continue reading Special Call for Submissions from the Whisper and the Roar: Global Exploitation of Women
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Coming soon: Indie Blu(e)
Kindra Austin, Jimmi Campkin, Christine Ray and Mariah Voutilainen are excited to announce that they will soon be launching Indie Blu(e). Indie Blu(e) is designed to be a vehicle to support both self-published writers and those published through small independent presses, as well as the readers who are passionate about independent writing. The concept for Indie Blu(e) grew out of … Continue reading Coming soon: Indie Blu(e)
