Christine is collecting pieces of poetry and prose for a new writing series she is calling ‘Dear Juliet.’ The idea is to put a modern and feminist spin on letters to whichever female character from Shakespeare you’d like. If you are interested in participating, email your submissions and a brief biography to Christine at her.red.pen.wordsmithing@gmail.com with ‘Dear…
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Call for Submissions: ‘Dear Juliet’
Christine is collecting pieces of poetry and prose for a new writing series she is calling ‘Dear Juliet.’ The idea is to put a modern and feminist spin on letters to whichever female character from Shakespeare you’d like. If you are interested in participating, email your submissions and a brief biography to Christine at her.red.pen.wordsmithing@gmail.com with ‘Dear…
Just Words – Jack Neece
I am the girl ripped open Insides out I am the breakdown The tattered remnants of promises to be brave I made only last week I am blood shot eyes and acid clawing I am eggshells and razor blades I am numb and raw I am efficient and lost I am crying and I don’t…
When The Soul Is Lost – Jack Neece
I am a small thing now I am a thing you won’t even notice at first I am whisper as a passerby brushes up against you and doesn’t say a word I am the twitch in your hand as your fist balls instinctively I burn small fires in your subconscious I am the wind that…
Halloween Synopsis – Rachael Ikins
A poet wrote me today: your words shine with a tinge of purple iridescence. I held the door for a turquoise faerie princess, or maybe she was a queen in the foyer of Barnes and Noble. I ‘d just left the eye doctor’s. My new glasses perched on my nose, my eyes darting like twin…
Heretics, Lovers, and Madmen 