Resilience
/…you never announced your arrival
And I didn’t even realize your existence
Like buoyancy, you prevented me from sinking
Lifted me up from below dark…
By Shih-Fang Wang
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Modern Morrigan
/In light of recent and ongoing misogyny, this piece is a call to the resilience of women.
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We arrived
when you
weren’t…
By Michele Mekel
Read MoreResilient Hope
/Written after Hurricane Maria devastated my home island.
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…a very cloudy evening,
Showers of rain
Drenched the…
By Serlina Rose
Read MoreTrust In A Higher Calling
/Trusting in a higher calling is about listening to a doctor’s words…
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Heart racing,
beads of sweat form on her brow,
feelings of…
By Brenda Arledge
Read MoreHearts Crying Tonight
/This was written with the disappointing thought of how our elders lied to us.
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…the heavy rains
outside my stained window,
realize the sky is…
By Andrew Scott
Read MorePrecipitant Persistence
/Dance On!
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…people who dance to make rain
are often called frauds or insane.
Though some dance till they drop…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreLike Nikki, I should have married my mother
/…was my first martyr
her sacrifice was marrying my father
when she should have married…
By Sloane Angelou
Read MoreWar and Peace
/…many wars have to be fought
Before a moment of peace arrives
How many lives have to be sacrificed
Before warlords get…
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreForgetting To Cry
/…forgotten how to cry.
I used to shed a lot of tears
through the trials and tribulations
of my younger years. But…
By George Anderson
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