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    Your bloody daughter – Candice Louisa Daquin

    What would you tell her The you of twenty years ago Your bloody daughter Wiped on doctor’s sleeve What would you say? Lying there with your legs… Read more “Your bloody daughter – Candice Louisa Daquin”

    March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by TheFeatheredSleep

    for the things i never ask.- Ra’ahe Khayat

    i would’ve rather asked you how many names you’ve scribbled on the back of your hands with needles, and how many of them you’ve stricken out when… Read more “for the things i never ask.- Ra’ahe Khayat”

    February 19, 2018December 29, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

    Rigor Mortis- Kristiana Reed

    You told me it wouldn’t last unless we left everything in the past, unless we took off to some land unknown, you and I, hand in hand.… Read more “Rigor Mortis- Kristiana Reed”

    February 6, 2018February 3, 2018 by braveandrecklessblog

    Hours- Samantha Lucero

    I see those mottled photos, ornate albums of yesterdays yellow sun Of swollen women, dream-like, in a lavender field. They leash their arms around an oval-shape becoming… Read more “Hours- Samantha Lucero”

    January 26, 2018December 29, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

    Untitled- Samantha Lucero

    my scent, not his scent, but by some changeling blood could spread the same smile on halloween. on christmas waking up in blankets it didn’t fall asleep… Read more “Untitled- Samantha Lucero”

    January 25, 2018December 29, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

    Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest Honorable Mention: bone&silver/#MeToo

    Why had my cousin rung me 5 times in thirty minutes? I returned my phone to airplane mode, and pushed open the classroom door. But during the… Read more “Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest Honorable Mention: bone&silver/#MeToo”

    January 3, 2018December 31, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

    The Monsters are Due on Vine Street- Samantha Lucero

    of a grin usually on the missing persons board at truck stops where famished men would pick up hitch-hiking girl-children run aways, escaping home to find themselves, smelling like… Read more “The Monsters are Due on Vine Street- Samantha Lucero”

    December 6, 2017December 2, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

    bogged, buried, bridgewatered-Lois E. Linkens & Henna Sjöblom

    I was fourteen, and starting to decompose faster the water spilled over the years, over her body like a plague of ants. Already kneeling in the mud… Read more “bogged, buried, bridgewatered-Lois E. Linkens & Henna Sjöblom”

    November 28, 2017December 3, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

    As if from Nowhere by Sergio Ortiz

    [Poem and painting by Sergio Ortiz]   Miguel Angel’s memories haunt him like a baggage car that does not quite fit. But let’s talk about his voice,  … Read more “As if from Nowhere by Sergio Ortiz”

    November 16, 2017November 12, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

    To Wolves- Austin M. Ely

    Drawn from the darkness Only to be thrown To Wolves In an unforgiving light As I am ripped to pieces I come back together In the blink… Read more “To Wolves- Austin M. Ely”

    November 9, 2017October 22, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

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