Life's Creator
By Dr Shalini Yadav — Tired, scared, broken and silent. Keeping her inside weight on my shoulders, revising the definition as a woman.
May 26, 2022
If I knew then …
By Madge Kaplan — The woman at the typewriter, lost in thought, doesn’t know (or doesn’t care) that setting herself up in the front yard to
May 23, 2022
However Far, However Near
By Keith Hoerner — When I was a kid, I would sleepwalk. I remember having a recurring dream. Today, it seems to be such a mature dream,
May 20, 2022
Bitter Hearts
By Thadeus Emmanuel — When our hearts are bitter and tears oozing like spring water, you will find it best to cry, harder with more nerves
May 18, 2022
The Family Dog
By Tod Minotti — The dog died today. Lulu. Lulu, Foo Foo, Foofie, Doofie. My dog. Our Dog. Our pet. I love her. I always will. She was the
May 15, 2022
Spring’s Song
By Rupsingh Bhandari — The stream inside the jungle carries the messages of festive spring, singing its nursery rhyme heads to grow down.
May 13, 2022
Our bones used to be the same
By Heleana Bakopoulos — Fish, teething filleted fish of yesterday on a bed of blueberries, with purple fingertips and spider legs,
May 10, 2022
Finally
By Holly Day — I finally get diagnosed and it answers everything, and I almost laugh out of relief because despite all of the horrible
May 8, 2022
Summertime Lost
By Richard Temple — Nearly eight billion sides to this story but we don't have time for that here. Paralyzed stasis:
Nothing is moving, not
May 7, 2022
Braided
By Gerry Grubbs — I watch you braid your mothers hair. Your hands working like hers in the slow rhythm of the work and I see how my thoughts
May 4, 2022
The Right Side of White
By T. A. Johnson — Understanding the complexity of being Black in America is hard for most White People to see, but it’s hard for anyone to
May 2, 2022
A God Thing—The Drum Roll of Synchronicity
By Laura L. Engel — I know you don’t love me. You never give me the attention I deserve. Good luck finding some guy who wants a woman like
Apr 29, 2022
Injustice - Caroline and Miriam
By Phyllis Evan — 7th grade. I still remember their names. Caroline and Miriam. Caroline’s face was long and narrow, except for her cheek
Apr 27, 2022
Speed Grieving
By Hilton Koppe — My doctor is telling me I need to quit work. My psychologist and my wife are telling me I need to quit. So is my time as a
Apr 25, 2022
Mexico's Missing Dead
By Hector Rodriguez — Hundreds of thousands have been murdered. Men, women young and old vanish. Drug cartels are merciless. Interference in
Apr 24, 2022
Aaj Mein kaun?
By Anita Nahal — Aaj mein kaun? Today? Yes, today, was warm enough for long walks with me. Pied pipers piping past paleness of the night.
Apr 21, 2022
Krapp's Last Tape
By Doug Holder — I am the widower who stares at framed pictures and talks to ghosts. I am an aging man who hears
voices in the cracks of
Apr 18, 2022
My Closet, Your Shame
By Maia Michelle Raven — She stared at the screen. She turned around and slapped me. Whack. She slapped me again. My face is burning. I run
Apr 16, 2022
Dreaming, writing, healing
By Sylvie Kandé — Her cheeks redden. With a trembling hand she removes her fogged-up glasses. This granite woman, whom we love for and
Apr 14, 2022
