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    Category: Kindra M. Austin

    Don’t Tell Me I’m Not Woman – Kindra M. Austin

    Within my womb cells divide, and fuse. Brain grows. Heart grows. Lungs grow. Eyes, ears, mouth, and nerves all form inside my sacred space. Man is formed… Read more “Don’t Tell Me I’m Not Woman – Kindra M. Austin”

    September 4, 2019 by braveandrecklessblog

    I Peel Paper – Kindra M. Austin

    I peel paper, yellow— jaundice skin, is it mine? I sit inside myself. I am a room with a view, but I peel paper to pass the… Read more “I Peel Paper – Kindra M. Austin”

    September 2, 2019 by braveandrecklessblog

    We Will Not Be Silenced Launch Event II

    Originally posted on Blood Into Ink:
    Join us for our second launch event on Facebook! December 7 at 7pm-10pm The editors and contributors are concluding a week…

    December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 by Kindra M. Austin

    We Will Not Be Silenced – Launch Tomorrow!

    We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault, Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay and Art is in the best seller… Read more “We Will Not Be Silenced – Launch Tomorrow!”

    November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 by TheFeatheredSleep

    Review of For You, Rowena (Kindra M. Austin) – Kristiana Reed

    Austin made a gorgeous debut with Magpie in August so when asked to read and review For You, Rowena I was filled with excitement and trepidation. I… Read more “Review of For You, Rowena (Kindra M. Austin) – Kristiana Reed”

    August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 by Kristiana

    I Knew My Worth (originally published on Blood Into Ink)- Kindra M. Austin

    I knew my worth when I was hot as fuck and boys all lined up to pet my cleft at the blind side of the playground— dirty… Read more “I Knew My Worth (originally published on Blood Into Ink)- Kindra M. Austin”

    July 16, 2018July 17, 2018 by Kindra M. Austin

    Violence Domesticated

    Violence domesticated Woman. Pot Roast Sundays tasted better prepared with broken ribs.   He loved her hair so much that he’d take greedy handfuls. I still see… Read more “Violence Domesticated”

    April 17, 2018April 15, 2018 by Kindra M. Austin

    A Ball Is for Throwing-Adrienne Rich

    See it, the beautiful ball Poised in the toyshop window, Rounder than sun or moon. Is it red? is it blue? is it violet? It is everything… Read more “A Ball Is for Throwing-Adrienne Rich”

    April 14, 2018April 13, 2018 by Kindra M. Austin

    Tulips-Sylvia Plath

    The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here. Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in. I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly As… Read more “Tulips-Sylvia Plath”

    April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 by Kindra M. Austin

    Power-Audre Lorde

    The difference between poetry and rhetoric is being ready to kill yourself instead of your children. I am trapped on a desert of raw gunshot wounds and… Read more “Power-Audre Lorde”

    April 11, 2018April 10, 2018 by Kindra M. Austin

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