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The Girl with Her Heart in a Box

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 Emily Algar

There once was a girl who kept her heart in a box. She met a man and wanted to show him her heart. She opened the box, and took out her heart, piece by piece, laying it on the floor for him to see. You see, another man had once Read more

Dating + Relationships, Emotional Health, Short FictionEmily Algar, emotional health, love, relationshipsLeave a comment

Loving a Dangerous Man

August 4, 2021September 11, 2021 Tanya Elizabeth Egeness Epp Schmid

I read in a magazine that women fall in love for three reasons. We fall in love with the Hero, the Entertainer, or the Caregiver. So, was he the football hero, the clown at the party, or the guy who offered to carry your groceries? I fell in love with Read more

Dating + Relationships, Featured, Short Fictioncreative short fiction, love, short story, Tanya E. E. E. Schmid2 Comments

Crushed

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Kelly Kirkpatrick

It was a desperate perfect storm kind of love affair. Sudden but not without warning. Fragile and doomed from the beginning. Yet with so much hope. Feeding off each other’s heightened force. Taking one’s breath away, unable to get it back. Blind to obvious obstacles. To the REAL dangers in Read more

Dating + Relationships, PoetryKelly Kirkpatrick, love, poetry, relationships1 Comment

yes mother

December 14, 2019December 14, 2019 Jacqueline Cioffa

Behind every mother, there is despair and strength. Behind every mother, there are tears of joy and pride. Behind every mother, trash bins wait to be emptied, mountains of dirty laundry to be washed, and meals cooked. It is a dirty, thankless job being a yes mother. Twenty-four hours is Read more

Bleeding Ink with Jacqueline Cioffa, Featured, PoetryJacqueline Cioffa, love, mother1 Comment

“he and she and all of them”

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Lauren Anders

I’ve fell in love with one hundred different people for one hundred different reasons. I knew no matter what they would be there for me how selfish that I loved that the sound of their voice made me cry, and they who never broke a gaze. how appealing that I Read more

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a person alone, under a blanket of “friends”

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Paakhi Bhatnagar

And still you longed for someone To give you the kind of love they show in movies The one that doesn’t end with an empty text, One which flows through flowers and Wine bottles pouring at dinner parties. One which sings through tears, Birthed together in our very own refuge. Read more

An Iridescent Mind with Paakhi Bhatnagar, Featured, Poetrylove, Paakhi Bhatnagar, poetryLeave a comment

Love Averages

November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 Paula R. Hilton

The typical hug lasts 3 seconds. So does the average wave goodbye. That first kiss we longed for, the one that stopped time? Scientific surveys among lovers show it took about 10 seconds. Speaking of kisses, most will experience their first around 15 years of age. By 17.4 years, the Read more

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JOLENE

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 Courtney LeBlanc

“And I could easily understand how you could take my man but you don’t know what he means to me.”–Dolly Parton, “Jolene” We were over by then, completely finished. We’d both been through the five stages of grief but I circled back to depression. You asked what you could do Read more

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