Okrika Seller
By Solape Adetutu Adeyemi — On a sun-fried morning in Lagos Island, where danfos cough carbon dioxide into the blue sky and the air smells of pepper soup
Aug 18
Despite the darkness, the light still shines
By KaTrina Jackson — Despite my plans going completely awry, my life has turned out better than I planned. Even with major surgeries, dealing with OCD
Jul 16
And despite
By Jack Phillips — Arising to find the dawn slow to brighten or to find the spiritual valve clogged with pilgrims’ plaque, celestial vessels occluded with
May 18
A Little Bit of Heartache
By Linda C. Wisniewski — Despite long years of heartache, my boy and I are good. He left his shampoo on the rim of my bathtub. It means he's coming back,
Nov 21, 2025
Our children don't belong to us
By Betty Vega — Despite my family saying, “No mother should have to bury her child,” I think everyday how commonplace that is. Mothers lose their
Nov 3, 2025
Gots to Break Through Somehow
By b. plainwilder — Thinking life's a waste of time and effort, just a sham, the mistake I make is not to see or understand. The ego needs deception,
Aug 15, 2025
My Life With Cars
By Bruce D Snyder — My first wife’s Uncle David owned a car dealership. A WWII combat vet, he was ‘shell-shocked,’ which showed up occasionally when
Apr 30, 2025
Another Round
By Marjorie Chesebro — Ziprasidone – Seroquel – Tegretol, the newest sequence of pills for my mental health. My psychiatrist labels it
Sep 14, 2024
We are still alive
By Shannon Kenny — In the waiting area of the public hospital where my husband is receiving treatment, I shut my eyes and listen as the
Aug 25, 2023
Resurrection Day
By Jason Imanuel — When I saw Mt St Helens blow I didn’t know what it meant, those flowers of darkness blossoming about it, the small
Mar 31, 2023
The Inner Critic Returns from the Dead
By David J. Bookbinder — Foolish boy, foolish boy, foolish boy, why do you torment yourself with ambition when you know as I have always
Dec 22, 2022
Functional Neurological Disorder
By Darleen Hunzinger — Day and night stranded in bed. Pain resonating from every pore. Smiling anyway. Singing anyway. Praying always.
Nov 23, 2022
Dear Ummm,
By Tahirah Walker — I can't bring myself to finish writing your name. Like you couldn't bring yourself to finish loving me. You know I never
Jul 10, 2022