Aurora Phoenix – Heretics, Lovers, and Madmen

With Clenched Fists, I Rage – A Collaborative Poem

I chew on my rage breaking teeth on its rock candy hard edges I resist base reflex to swallow these jagged shards whole instead spitting blood and shrapnel hard into the unrelenting soil of injustice Christine E. Ray My fist clenches unconsciously, Noticing only when my knuckles pop. They say peace and love Will win…

Lady Justice – A Collaborative Poem

we keep justice sealed under bell-shaped glass and morality locked in amber on our pristine mantelpieces we dust them off from time to time novelties to be displayed nonchalantly when discerning guests come to call Christine E. Ray rest we now on our laurels? weep, ye lady liberty /blind/ yet she sees scales unbalanced /hang/…

THE WEYWARD SISTERS: BACK TO BLACK/ COLLABORATIVE AMY WINEHOUSE TRIBUTE

Originally published by the Sudden Denouement Literary Collective Rana Kelly/2nd star to the Left, straight on ’til morning Oh, Amy Whenever I go walking In my stilettos, I hear you talking. Dream me up a way Of swishing my hips And pursing my lips And singing your riffs So that I find beauty Like you….