load your lipstick in a gatling gun to get ready for the night the sidewalk cracks are too wide for stilettos and too deep for anything else…… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: walk these streets at night and know the truth – Evelyn Benvie”
Month: May 2019
There Is Strength in Our Stories: The Gift- aj forrester
Like a raft I float on vicious waves with what you gave; you stole. Made me less made me more. You gave confusion and shame. Blame.…… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: The Gift- aj forrester”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: Rubber Gloves – Taylor Warner
Today I stumbled over a page in my journal that read: “One day I will write about your rubber gloves And how each time they entered me…… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: Rubber Gloves – Taylor Warner”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: Double Dip – kkc
I told old man in the white uniform with cherry stains on it that I didn’t want his flavor he was about to scoop. So he scooped…… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: Double Dip – kkc”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: 37: perpetual victim – Katharine Love
be quiet. be quiet. i told you – be quiet! you are weird. you are ugly. you are strange. be normal. be pretty. be happy. always be…… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: 37: perpetual victim – Katharine Love”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: s.k.
somewhat lost. burying pain in shallow graves within my heart; temporary people/permanent places. this is my punishment for being soft.
There Is Strength in Our Stories: Poem for RJ – Bina Ruchi Perino
You smile, emerald pepper in hand, and you shrink me into a single consonant, a controlled identity, the Beta. B — her throat is the steel kettle…… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: Poem for RJ – Bina Ruchi Perino”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: bewitching hour – Tianna G. Hansen
after Effy Winter Tonight you plant a curse. Find the recipe from a love witch — black garden curse jar. Place your wounds inside, direct pain on…… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: bewitching hour – Tianna G. Hansen”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: Thin Ice – Tamara Fricke
i. Cracking ice twists and sickens at an intrinsic level as though cells know hypothermic pain. ii. The time when I said no and he said yes…… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: Thin Ice – Tamara Fricke”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: a night that didn’t wash away – Linda M. Crate
i remember that rainy saturday night well will never forget your sister was supposed to be watching us, however, she was rather absent from where we were;…… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: a night that didn’t wash away – Linda M. Crate”
Blood Into Ink 