The July day I turned 8, we piled into my mom’s green Plymouth, drove to town from camp. Errands. She parked in front of the butcher shop.… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: Beneath the Layered Makeup – Rachael Ikins”
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There Is Strength in Our Stories: a night’s expectation – quinn hsu
when they told you people would love you for who you are you never expected a love for you as squirmingly as your tongue against the mirror… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: a night’s expectation – quinn hsu”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: Ruby – LL McGlynn
No matter what she said, or what solution she came up with, he blew it off, as if nothing she could say would ever make sense. Her… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: Ruby – LL McGlynn”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: walk these streets at night and know the truth – Evelyn Benvie
load your lipstick in a gatling gun to get ready for the night the sidewalk cracks are too wide for stilettos and too deep for anything else… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: walk these streets at night and know the truth – Evelyn Benvie”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: The Gift- aj forrester
Like a raft I float on vicious waves with what you gave; you stole. Made me less made me more. You gave confusion and shame. Blame. The… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: The Gift- aj forrester”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: Rubber Gloves – Taylor Warner
Today I stumbled over a page in my journal that read: “One day I will write about your rubber gloves And how each time they entered me… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: Rubber Gloves – Taylor Warner”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: Double Dip – kkc
I told old man in the white uniform with cherry stains on it that I didn’t want his flavor he was about to scoop. So he scooped… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: Double Dip – kkc”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: 37: perpetual victim – Katharine Love
be quiet. be quiet. i told you – be quiet! you are weird. you are ugly. you are strange. be normal. be pretty. be happy. always be… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: 37: perpetual victim – Katharine Love”
There Is Strength in Our Stories: s.k.
somewhat lost. burying pain in shallow graves within my heart; temporary people/permanent places. this is my punishment for being soft.
There Is Strength in Our Stories: Poem for RJ – Bina Ruchi Perino
You smile, emerald pepper in hand, and you shrink me into a single consonant, a controlled identity, the Beta. B — her throat is the steel kettle… Read more “There Is Strength in Our Stories: Poem for RJ – Bina Ruchi Perino”
Whisper and the Roar 