What Grief Likes

1 caretake the lost causes, a mother’s legacy

the healthy ones count their crackers to be seen

Megan FebuaryNovember 19, 2021poem, Women writers Comment

Psychosis

i could breathe if i wanted to / choke

on salt water / watch fish

Megan FebuaryNovember 19, 2021mental health Comment

On Returning From Leave

maybe she doesn’t have the fire today.

maybe she couldn’t always persist.

Megan FebuaryNovember 18, 2021poetry, motherhood Comment

Longing

I don’t think I have ever felt a longing

That runs this deep

Megan FebuaryNovember 17, 2021pOETRY, nature, writing Comment

Devouring Five Bottles...

Devouring five bottles of malt duck and a bag of lay’s potato chips

with the godfather on a night of pouring rain in late October

Megan FebuaryNovember 16, 2021pOETRY, poetComment

A Lonely Summer

flowers bloom as bees come out to squeeze sweet nectar

dry throat and relaxed muscles

Megan FebuaryNovember 15, 2021pOETRY, Women writers Comments

Miscarriage

“can you look at it” i asked,
without meaning
to say those words

Megan FebuaryNovember 10, 2021poetry, poem, miscarriage, grief, motherhood, Women writers, for women who roarComment

A Daughter's Lament

On Friday’s I search
For your face in mirrors,
visiting bars soft lit by streams of
sapphire bulbs; by eight-o’clock

Megan FebuaryNovember 8, 2021poetry, poet, Women writers, women poets, for women who roar, writing, healing, womenComment

Interstate 695

"I'll never drive on that road again," she said,
as if it was the road who killed him
with her tempting curves
and shimmery guardrail waistband.

Megan FebuaryOctober 27, 2021poetry, writing, writer, Women writers, poet, literary magazine, for women who roarComment

Pastel Projection

I asked to keep
the lights off—
and in the pitch black
you pulled me in

How to Make Round Rotis

CW: Abuse

Guest UserFebruary 27, 2021BIPOC, POC, WOC WRITERS, FWWR, POETRYComment

Three Poems

Anxiety

Don’t Eat That

I Swallowed Tears for You

Guest UserFebruary 25, 2021WOC WRITERS, BIPOC, POETRY, FWWR, WOMEN WRITERSComment

In Praise of the Deepest Winter

smoke whirls in the air, great swaths of grey

snatched up in the sharp winter sun, the chilled wind

clawing its way across the brick exterior of the bar

Guest UserFebruary 23, 2021LGBTQAI, QUEER, POETRY, TRANS, WOMEN WRITERS, TRANS WOMEN WRITERS, FWWRComment

The Door | My Ancestors Cries

I walk toward I step through the door—

the door.

Guest UserFebruary 20, 2021WOC WRITERS, BIPOC, POETRY, FWWR, WOMEN WRITERS Comments

Conservation of Momentum

I know it's a sexist thing to say, but women

aren't as good at making music as men…

–Julie Birchill, former NME journalist and author

Guest UserFebruary 18, 2021FWWR, POETRY, MUSIC, WOMEN WRITERSComment

To Silence –From Defiance

The silent slip of

My tongue over the

Glassy roof of my

Mouth caught

Guest UserFebruary 16, 2021FWWR, POETRY, WOMEN WRITERS, WOC WRITERSComment

New Name

Let this halted journey have nothing in common with who you are, who you dare.

It happens, every accident, in slow motion; your past finding a full stop.

Guest UserFebruary 11, 2021journey to heal, FWWR, pOETRY, women writersComment

Next | Survival

First the toes seize up. We triple in size. Cower behind our blue ox. We fasten our fingers over

our mouths so that they may not find us by our breathing.

Guest UserFebruary 9, 2021POETRY, FWWR, WOMEN WRITERS, WOC WRITERSComment

Her Body A Temple

Mirrors stretch ceiling to floor only

wall decor her own body black-legginged

taut white tank top torso-molded

action figure ready to raise iron

Guest UserFebruary 4, 2021Poetry, women writers, FWWRComment

Three Poems

By Israeli-born poet Lee Broda

Acre, Israel

Last Time I Checked, I Was Still an Israeli

My Aleppian Legacy

Guest UserFebruary 2, 2021BIPOC, WOMEN WRITERS, WOC WRITERS, FWWR, POETRYComment