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Kitty Amour

Verona JonesMay 7, 2019

Kitty Amour written by: Verona Jones @VeronaJ57 It's a glorious spring day as Helios smiles upon the earth. The windows are open wide to welc...

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The Intergalactic Burn of Metaphysical Intuition

James Dennis Casey IVApril 26, 2019

The Intergalactic Burn of Metaphysical Intuition written by: James Dennis Casey IV @LouisianaJames crystal visions fill the air exposing secrets o...

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Black Magic

Fallen EngelMarch 30, 2019

Black Magic written by: Fallen Engel @BlackEngel3 So, you want to play with black magic. Cover your face with your guilty hands. Submit to my dark d...

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Nirvana

SMilesMarch 5, 2019

Nirvana written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Trapped beneath the weight of my expectation I gasp for eluding breath a self incarceration choking smo...

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Black

Siva WrightJune 30, 2018

Black written by: Siva Wright She was standing near the large, open window, looking at the grass field outside the house. The long strands of grass ...

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Closedoor

SMilesMarch 20, 2018

Closedoor written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Petulance always has me mastered a loser to any game stupidity and stubbornness called by any othe...

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Sliding Door

Genie NakanoApril 23, 2017

Sliding Door written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini my lover tells all my secrets... nothing stays inside a paper sliding door torn with the wind...

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Blind

thePoeticpiperJuly 26, 2016

Blind written by: thePoeticpiper @thePoeticpiper I fell into a coma lastnight A different universe without lights, much to my delight All I saw was a...

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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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