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Cutting Away the Pain trigger warning

February 10, 2017September 12, 2018 Jazmine Ellington

“I would totally marry the lead singer. Dude is hot,” says Aimee. “I’d marry the lead guitarist. The lead singer is overrated,” I reply.Aimee gasps and says, “You take that back!”She starts tickling me. “Okay, okay! Stop! Haha.” I sit up and try to catch my breath. “Nope, still overrated!” Read more

Grace

February 9, 2017September 12, 2018 Jeni De La O

I knew for weeks before he finally told her. His teeth gave him away. I’d never seen them before, then one day there they were. Every time he walked through the door. It reminded my mother of the man she’d met as a teenager, a man in love. When he Read more

White Petals Trodden Underfoot

February 7, 2017May 10, 2017 Tabatha Stirling

I hid in the Acacia tree when you ran but I stole the memory of your lips, chapped by too much kissing. Of your back with it’s open wounds kissed in another way, by a whip. The volume of orange blossom peaked in June, around the time you ran, with Read more

Fibro Fog

February 7, 2017February 8, 2017 Brianna Scott

I am so tired I’m more tired than any of the victim’s lives you claimed You’ve won this round And I’m done with you The life you suck Out of the few Fi-bro-my-algia I’m done. I’m done. I’m done. With you!!!!! I tried to separate the two the disease he Read more

My Non-Television Mother and Me

February 6, 2017September 13, 2018 Richard DeFino

Part 1 My mother is not a mother to me like a television mother. She’s more like a friend, a friend of a friend even. She’s the friend whose phone number you always lose on “accident.” When I was young, I used to idolize the kids on TV, especially the Read more

Glass

February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 Megan Garner

You, Torn One, With Arms crossed And Eyes that sting, You Hate me As God hates me- With total, complete Authority. The red-stained string between us Is hidden, deep in the Fold Of that Tattered Cloak: Oh, Apex of Humanity. I have seen Thee As Thou reveals and reviles Within Read more

Love Notes From Humanity: The Lust, Love & Loss Collection

February 5, 2017September 13, 2018 Feminine Collective

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our much-anticipated Poetry anthology. Love Notes from Humanity – The Lust, Love & Lost Collection This collection of poems takes the reader on a journey through the complexities of that simple four letter word. Curated with love by Feminine Collective, many from Read more

We Are Present. We Are Aware.

February 4, 2017May 7, 2019 Alana Marcelino

I am a part of something much bigger than myself. I woke up and decided to do good. I dragged my dad out of his office and told him we needed to go downtown to march for my rights, human rights. On January 21, 2017, I participated in the San Read more