Stumbling out of the pub last night we heard the helicopter before we saw it. “Air ambulance,” he said. “Trouble in someone’s home tonight,” I replied. Then,… Read more “Somebody – by HLR”
Tag: life
The Body by Melita White
The body wants to move
wants to reinhabit itself
it wants to play
To bend arc writhe and double with grace and ease
The body lets go
It also gets tired
and stiff and it aches
The body takes up more space than the other bodies do
It is majestic and has presence
Full of symbolism and reference
it represents fundamental truths
cruel ironies and distortions
The body is encumbered
Yet extends beyond boundaries
The body is boundless
Neither you and neither me – Candice Daquin
Behind closed doors I am a different animal I eat my food protectively and with great bites I play dress-up and pretend I am a typical… Read more “Neither you and neither me – Candice Daquin”
A soft closing of words – Candice Louisa Daquin
When you are younger, everything is a challenge I will not let them break me / I will fight back / I will survive! as you… Read more “A soft closing of words – Candice Louisa Daquin”
The imperfection & the wonder ~ Candice Daquin
What would it look like to be someone else? who did not wake up red-eyed and fearful? what would it feel like to be held and words… Read more “The imperfection & the wonder ~ Candice Daquin”
Shook the habit – Candice Louisa Daquin
I mailed my quota of trust to Hades Gave away dancing shoes to the furies Cut my wrists on your barbed indifference Shook the habit of grief… Read more “Shook the habit – Candice Louisa Daquin”
For the whole we are – Candice Louisa Daquin
Out there somewhere all my lovers each with a piece of me I would ask give them back those crusts and half eaten slices for the whole… Read more “For the whole we are – Candice Louisa Daquin”
Seize the female – Candice Louisa Daquin
You’re just a little thing, a flim flam thing something of no consequence if you choose to see it that way and if you do, you’ll walk… Read more “Seize the female – Candice Louisa Daquin”
Physical Existence- Devika Mathur
Dyslexia, into my thin membrane to hear your wounding tales Pervicacious drops of blood stick to my venom I hear wars, tremors, haze into the folds of… Read more “Physical Existence- Devika Mathur”
Anything but Ordinary- Kristiana Reed
The tender age of thirteen and grunge, grime and grey eyeshadow defined me. Pegged me tightly into a hole, type cast and left there to mature. To… Read more “Anything but Ordinary- Kristiana Reed”
Whisper and the Roar 