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In memoriam - candle in hands

In Memoriam

“Alison, Daddy died today,” spoke my mom. She had positioned me on a wicker-backed bar stool in the center of my kitchen…

Incomplete Woman

Incomplete Woman

My last partner threw me away after my legs wouldn’t open for him. He didn’t explicitly say that of course; he said something about a lack of connection.

Prisoner

The Prisoner: Free at Last

Read the short story, The Prisoner: Free at Last, by Phil McNichol: “Quite often I fell to my knees and beat my fists against that block.”

Jeremy Luke Hill

Julia’s Garden

Short story by Jeremy Luke Hill: “He was backing away, his hands held out in front of him to ward off whatever it was that was happening before his eyes…”

Reincarnation Trump’s Border Wall

REINCARNATION

– Poetry by Karla Cordero – March 25, 2018 –

contractors unveil 8 prototypes for trump’s border wall in san diego county- tribune media wire
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Mother Poems: Poet

Mother Poems

I wrote these Mother Poems to attempt to process my mother’s relationship with me. The major question I had as a child was: “Why does my mother hate me?”

religious calling

Three Hots and a Cot

Three Hots and a Cot is a creative non-fiction piece by Elizabeth Christie that describes her childhood in a “Christ-adjacent” Catholic family.

Three Poems by Craig Barker

Three Poems by Craig Barker

Three Poems by Craig Barker: “Strained       goodbye      outside of |         a bus station         in Baltimore. | Wrote last    words on stained window |”