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Those Beds

Shimbo PastoryMay 15, 2019

Those Beds written by: Shimbo Pastory The amassing tradesman and the sweating sportsman Bolts’ man down the van, and miserly herdsman up the tons Th...

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Coffee In Bed

H.M. GautschMarch 13, 2019

Coffee In Bed written by: H.M. Gautsch @GautschHM to claim a morning to forget our worries, our yesterdays soak in the moment, stay in the present ...

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Rainy Saturday

Robyn MacKinnonOctober 21, 2018

Rainy Saturday found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat This morning started the underside of blankets Rainy Saturday ...

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From The Bedside Of A Dying Man

Ipsita BanerjeeSeptember 14, 2018

From The Bedside Of A Dying Man written by: Ipsita Banerjee @ipsyb Ask me what the finger wrote and I would stop, startled into visions of pages of white wh...

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Camas Ajenas

UslarionoApril 23, 2017

Camas Ajenas written by: Uslariono @Uslariono Muy de vez en cuando te ves a ti misma, despertando desnuda, en camas ajenas percibiendo en tu cuerpo...

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Bed-Side Window

Jona ManleyAugust 26, 2016

Bed-side Window written by: Jona Manley @jona_manley Peering out the window of the room I’m left in Family members come and go and the weeks are l...

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Hospitalbed

IngelaAugust 23, 2016

Hospitalbed written by: Ingela(saja) @ingelasaja Covered in blood Maybe a towel? Another towel... And another. Maybe a doctor? Hospitalbed Another ...

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Gabriela M. was born in Europe and presently lives in the United States where she is a university professor. She published three novels in her native language. In 2017 she started writing poetry in English. Since then her poetry has been published in various journals and newspapers. Her favorite poets are the symbolists and the surrealists, and her favorite novelist is Lawrence Durrell. She is a fluent speaker of three languages. She spends her time teaching, researching, leading a university-wide organization, working on her novel, and writing poetry. She mostly spends her vacations in Miami, Southern California, and Southern Europe.
Christina Schwarz, the author of the New York Times bestseller Drowning Ruth, after reading Gabriela M’s poetry manuscript stated:
“With lush language and lavish imagery, Gabriela M. evokes a fantastic world ripe with emotion.”

Anatomy of A Heartbreak by Henna Johansdotter

February: He’s left you a wishbone on your pillow. You’re not sure what to do with it so you stick it between your ribs, feeling the sharp end shift with every move, scraping against the aorta. You hold your breath while sleeping and do not stir as the dreams pass by like headlights, colliding into the mist.

May: You pull out your teeth as not to hurt him anymore. He says your silence is ugly and suggests you keep your mouth open.
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