Revealing - Megan Griffin
When the rumors start we know we are children living in adult bodies. I wonder how girls who played with me at Chuck E. Cheese are now...
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- Nov 12
- 1 min
Synonyms for Female - Jonny Shae Ransbottom
Based on a 2020 Google Search Open browser Google search Syno- Synonym Synonyms for Synonyms for female …. Women, lady, girl, school...
- Nov 10
- 8 min
Happy Thanksgiving - Sarah Munn
The turkey wasn’t going to roast itself. Marla picked herself up off the floor and walked back to the counter where she’d been chopping...
- Nov 8
- 2 min
In a World Painted in Shades of Gray - Miesha Lowery
In a world cast in muted tones, a love story emerged, equally heart-wrenching and captivating. Isabella and Alexandra, their names etched...
- Nov 6
- 1 min
Barbie Power - Margaret D. Stetz
Miss Revlon (wide eyes and tiny pouty mouth stubby body outsize head— a glamour fetus) was my doll but in my class a girl had Barbie and...
- Nov 4
- 2 min
Kilter - Julie Benesh
I. We all feel off kilter. It used to be fewer, of us, so now there is more consensus. Is that an improvement? Discuss Can we agree...
- Nov 2
- 3 min
The Cliffs of Moher, July 1997 - Dorothy Bossman
The French have a term for the desire to throw oneself from a high place, "l'appel du vide" or "call of the void." Several articles...
- Oct 31
- 4 min
A Good Hair Day - Christina Getachew
I stood by the sink and let the tap water run to get warm while watching my daughter slowly unravel her two thick braids. Her eyes were...
- Oct 30
- 1 min
This Is Where I Walk - Mike Cullinane
This is where I walk. In the hour of the red dawn Washing the twilight in my mind. Displaying the imperfections, The obstructions to...
- Oct 28
- 12 min
The Watched Pot - VA Wiswell
Monday Morning The pot stares at me like Poe’s veiled eye. Tracks me from corner to corner. Its bright blue-green exterior, a peacock...
- Oct 26
- 1 min
Stardust, Golden, Back to the Garden - Catherine Norris
It’s late summer and I read an article about a woman’s disdain for August and agreed, until today, when I soaked my desirous bones in the...
- Oct 22
- 1 min
Against the Current - Nancy Manning
From my student’s hawk-like talons hangs a dangling mouse that squirms to free herself before he threatens to drop her remains. Day after...
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