It took a long time for me to consider myself a writer. I still struggle with saying it. I started writing at a young age to work through feelings I didn’t dare tell anyone. I learned that once you start writing, it becomes a part of you. It’s something you always go back to whenever you are overwhelmed with certain emotions. People don’t always listen to your words, but the paper always listens to the pen.
road trip runaways.
the sunlight burns in our rear view mirror, a canopy of flames following close behind we say goodbye to the bittersweet glow, our bodies exhausted from chasing too many unending horizons, brutal and beautiful and beckoning nights and days blending together, moonrise -...
i seek to stay far from where you are.
i once liked roses, but you reminded me that they have thorns and that honeyed lines carry a hidden sting you’re all poison and pearl, the cold caress of pretty words that bite, a kiss of the abyss with no love in sight and i found freedom in my own soul shimmer, all...
bang.
i dip my head beneath bubbles laced with smoke and magic, swim within the obscure, dive into puddles of darkness i rise with a smile that hides a chamber of loaded words these lips are a loaded gun ...bang. - ashley jane
the light.
you followed me home, to the place where shadows bloom darkest, and let yourself in dressed with the sun’s secrets on your skin all crystalline beauty and pretty petals and green-garden-glimmer you looked like a heartbreaker with a smile that sparkled and those coffee...
Book Review – I am a World of Uncertainties Disguised as a Girl
I am A World of Uncertainties Disguised as a Girl by Nicole Lyons Right at the beginning, page 9, I stumbled onto one of the first poems that ever made the breath rush from my lungs. “The Next Big Thing” has since remained one of my all time favorites. Each time it...
Book Review – I Find You in the Darkness
I Find You in the Darkness by Alfa I’ve been obsessed with books since I was a child, and I’ve learned that each period of my life brings a new appreciation for different authors and genres. In this current period, Alfa is my diamond in the rough. I Find You In the...
Book Review – I am a Woman, Not a Winston
On her Facebook and Instagram pages, Cheryl Churchill has a way of blending art and poetry to build gorgeous visuals. This book is no exception. She weaves words with bold photos to create an amazing coffee-table style book. Her photos are rich and full of depth, and...
my wolves.
i run with wolves, warriors with softly resilient hearts i hold hands with heroes, my hesitant fingers bound in theirs because they give me the strength to rise above the fire to run among the pines to break glass ceilings they teach me how to be patient they show me...
Book Review – a jar for the jarring
Candice Louisa Daquin of The Feathered Sleep Candice's first poetry book has a unique tale on a confessional style, and the lay out works well fir it. She merges darkness and melancholy into a tale for transformation from child to adult, touching on the trials that...
sunrise.
i stood beneath a shivering sunset, wrapped in the soft brutality of its fading light i listened to the night life heralding the coming stars, and i remembered all the wishes we’d made from cold balconies on lonely evenings, all the promises that were whispered even...