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Here We Lay - Lynn Portillo
We lay here Covered by earth Feel no fear And have no worth. A peaceful burial Of feverish bouquets Hanging as ceremonial To celebrate...
Sep 28, 20202 min read
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Sunrise - Kristine Sahagun
There isn’t a moment in time when I feel safe. It’s a constant battle fighting off triggers coming at me from social media, television...
Sep 27, 20204 min read
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The Watch - Bruce Spang
When I put it away in my armoires, set it in a small basket with others of its kind, I knew I was putting away another life, the one in...
Sep 27, 20202 min read
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The Covid Risk Assessment Scale - Cristina Foss
My husband, Kevin, and I started measuring our potential Covid risk in unit of dogs: Dozer, our neighbor’s slobbery mastiff, is the...
Sep 26, 20202 min read
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Lessons in Physics - Kat Hofland
When I was 11, I watched a PBS special that said every surface is covered in a thin molecular wall. All I heard was, there’s nothing in...
Sep 26, 20201 min read
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For Summer - V. Rendina
My love sits between both Spring and Autumn fitting that it follows Fall. I fell for you beyond consent, my heavy heart sunk weak in my...
Sep 25, 20202 min read
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On Art & Identity - Molly Dickin
I love reading or listening to stories in music and poetry that write out the dreamscapes that play in my head-- not one that makes any...
Sep 25, 202011 min read
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How to Keep a Ghost Alive- Hannah Rosenberg
My grandmother never met him. She heard about him, from my mom. I remember holding her hand as she lay in bed after her fall. “Your...
Sep 24, 20206 min read
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Honestly, The Entire Thing is Just Beginning To Be So Exhausting - Nicolina Schonfarber
The keeping up with the Kardashian’s. Or who Im disappointing and why Or why I let myself continuously reinvent myself into these...
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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The Shortest Distance - Ranjith Sivaraman
'Which path has the shortest distance To reach you?’ my beloved asked. Like the calm sea assimilating a fresh river I stood cold looking...
Sep 23, 20201 min read
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Routines - Kate Leddy
She asks me if I’ve made a routine for myself / All that comes to mind is / how I move the plants / in my bedroom / closer to the...
Sep 23, 20201 min read
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Arms - Kendra Lynne Baude
It’s the sweetest thing To sleep in his arms Arms that want nothing more Than to hold a friend in the dark Arms that reach for me When...
Sep 22, 20201 min read
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