When God was a woman Her back ached, her breasts, the line between her legs Even when it didn’t bleed Ached, goddamn it, it ached. When God was a woman She stopped laughing because Other women didn’t laugh, they Toiled, carrying fat babies on their (aching) backs Water jugs on their heads, barley in sacks … Continue reading When God was a woman – Candice Louisa Daquin
Is that you, Daenerys Targaryen, in a flame-red frock, and riding the air like a dragon? Is that you burning down the place? What I know of her comes from catching that final episode of Game of Thrones. For eight years, I watched something else. Or nothing else. But I saw that last episode, and it … Continue reading No Gods, No Monsters, Just The Mother of Dragons – Misky
I do not have walls enough to hang the elegies we stitch our hands moving rhythmically in and out of stretched cloth to calm troubled minds sooth erratic beating of heavy hearts floss flows silken through pierced eyes of silver needles shining light upon shared humanity seaming connection between us across countless miles a dove … Continue reading Stitcher’s Elegy – Christine E. Ray
I paint melancholy on winter white parchment the texture crisped rice beneath sable tip frosted breath hovers cloudlike above brush strokes leaving delicate shapes obscured, unfathomable © 2021 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved Photo by freestocks on Unsplash
in deep winter’s hush branches delicate, white finger bones slumber under frost sway gently against spiked leaves thin crisp as spun sugar my December garden sparkles softly in slivered moonlight as if brushed by snow queen’s bloodless kiss © 2021 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved Photo by laura adai on Unsplash
slow morning wake interrupted unexpected serenade ‘pretty woman’ sung slightly off-key with confident bravado only a stranger wandering by an open window while wearing headphones can muster another might imagine it a command performance meant for only my ears but i no longer hold illusions of ‘pretty’ ‘pretty’ belongs to smooth soft cheeks bloomed with … Continue reading Tuesday Morning Serenade
Brave & Reckless 