Whispers penetrate flesh walls, secrets resound like a melody within the temple of mind. A church choir of boys sing Latin, a tongue they never understood,… Read more “Preyed”
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Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/Window and Walls
The rubble lies before her, prostrate and submissive, chalky remains of her defences, soft rock and twenty-year old bricks. This was her fortress, her safe place and… Read more “Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/Window and Walls”
Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/To Blaze
These women didn’t rescue voices to watch you bow out of this life and the next, the weight of shame and scandal sinking you to their knees… Read more “Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/To Blaze”
Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/Learning to Braid
Years of painstaking practice had taught her fingers to interweave three strands of hair, into one cohesive thread. Just like how she’d penciled birthdays into her mind.… Read more “Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest First Place: Kristiana Reed/Learning to Braid”
#MeToo Writing Contest Second Place (tie): Varnika Jain/Retribution
A squeak A groan A whimper A whine. As you took from me All that was mine. A blade A cut A drop A scar. Was what… Read more “#MeToo Writing Contest Second Place (tie): Varnika Jain/Retribution”
#MeToo Writing Contest Second Place (tie): Varnika Jain/Why a Poet
There is hurt In measures I’m yet to fathom. There are pieces, Broken, Which I haven’t yet begun to gather. There are tears, Gaping, Waiting to be… Read more “#MeToo Writing Contest Second Place (tie): Varnika Jain/Why a Poet”
#MeToo Writing Contest Third Place: Mr. Blog/The Weight of Memory is Fierce
Repack your soul; return it to its birth Before knowledge descended upon it. Rebuild it by undoing. Recreate innocence; before you were Defiled and destroyed… Read more “#MeToo Writing Contest Third Place: Mr. Blog/The Weight of Memory is Fierce”
Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest Honorable Mention- Little Bird/Kae Bucher
He finds me in my nest and gathers my boundaries as though they are nothing more than flimsy twigs to kindle his appetite. As he sets them… Read more “Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest Honorable Mention- Little Bird/Kae Bucher”
Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest Honorable Mention: Camila Henao/On Love and Muscle Memory
If love is like muscle memory Then My heavy head will always aim for your chest In bed, my twitching legs try to find yours to tangle… Read more “Blood Into Ink #MeToo Writing Contest Honorable Mention: Camila Henao/On Love and Muscle Memory”
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”
Whisper and the Roar 