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Year: 2018

I Want Tears

February 21, 2018October 15, 2018 Dave Pasquel

I want tears I want pain I want grief I want shame My hands char from a gentle touch, so effortlessly. Spite me, Condemn me Damage me. Spew your madness upon me. I am not the demon you face. My eyes burn from the black darkness, so easily. Pierce me, Read more

A Few Good Men, Blogs, Columns, Dave Pasquel, PoetryDave Pasquel, emotional health, mental health, poetry2 Comments

10 Reasons to Love, or Not Love, Valentine’s Day

February 13, 2018May 26, 2023 Dori Owen

“Why is it no one sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it’s always just my luck to get one perfect rose.”―Dorothy Parker   IF YOU ARE SINGLE Lucky you. 1. You do not have to worry or fret about finding that perfect Valentine’s Day gift! Read more

Dating + Relationshipsdating, Dori Owen, gifts, love, marriage, valentine's day ideas5 Comments

We March for Our Daughters, We March for You

February 12, 2018October 15, 2018 Laurie Hiatt

I’m in a foul mood right now, and usually, when I feel like this I want to get in someone’s face. Here’s the topic of the moment that I need to get off my chest…For the past year, and increasingly during the past week, I’ve skimmed past negative messages I Read more

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Sadist Prey

February 12, 2018October 15, 2018 Natasha Alexander

She whispered her secrets and he used them to cage her, making her believe no one will understand, she’s a freak for only him to know. He climbed into her anxiety, playing marionette with her insecurities, molding her for only him to control. Blinding her with conditions covered in praises. Read more

Poetryabuse, emotional abuse, Natasha Alexander, poetry, relationships, toxic love1 Comment

Broken Boys

February 7, 2018October 15, 2018 Fee de Merell

Everyone needs a hobby. I like collecting broken boys. I wouldn’t have brought it up, but once you’ve seen a pattern, it’s very hard to un-see it, and recently, my vision cleared enough that I couldn’t not see it. What I thought was an incidental thread was, in fact, the Read more

Featured, Poetrycreative writing, emotional health, Fee de Merell, journaling3 Comments

I ALMOST/INSTEAD

February 7, 2018October 15, 2018 Carly Zee

I almost canceled the coffee date A meeting between old friends Filled with laughter and a few silences About what could have been, instead I almost touched his hand, Walking through the door Café patrons never glanced at us Both with hands, now glinted gold Instead – Time swept past, Read more

Featured, PoetryCarly Zee, love, poetry, relationships, true love1 Comment

And They Say, Poor Woman

February 5, 2018October 15, 2018 Elisabeth Horan

I don’t know why I drink. For the way it makes me feel I guess – like so maybe the bad things don’t feel like they are all my fault. So that if I hurt you, I will remember it fuzzy-like. Like maybe you had asked for it; or perhaps Read more

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First Comes Love, Then Comes?

February 5, 2018October 15, 2018 Deanna Keller

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Deanna pushing a baby carriage. Most of us grew up singing this little ditty in the schoolyard when our friends expressed their “love” for someone of the opposite sex. The expectation set forth as children was to “grow up, get married and Read more

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