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April 22nd, 2021
"September seems to leave the sweetest ember
Of baskets of blue monkey puzzle trees
The ones we point out as we sleep in the land
In those stripy bed sheets"
A poem of mortality and inevitable but transient hazy summers of love by Iona Mannion-Brown
"I must ask now,
lover,
why your affections lead me to such
visceral imaginings.
I wish so desperately,
I had a god to pray to"
Dark and beautiful imagery illuminate the strange and often intoxicating connection of love and death by Olive Mccoy
"Gulping down moon,
you are lilac headbands and the warmth
of whisky,
trailing lace, washing steam rising off
of burning bath water."
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A poem of a bittersweet love melody and the half remembered touch or dream of a lover by Millicent Stott
April 19th, 2021
"even in the moonlight
I can hear the soulful
peaceful tune of beaks
craned in the trees
crying out "
A poem by Molly Knox using powerful natural imagery as she reflects on the fused concepts of nature and the eternal search for personhood.
April 9th, 2021
"Who's telling them
Their only power is sacrifice
And to wear scars of martyrdom"
This poem by @spacerhymes examines the myths told to young girls as they grow up in a patriarchal society.
April 7th, 2021
"They found you in the sand, sunken like gravyunder ancient skies and maps of stars long dead."A thought-provoking poem by Eleanor Colligan which considers the Australopithecus Lucy.
April 5th, 2021
" My glassy eyes, stayed fixed upon the skeleton before me- bones, flesh and a little you,
encased in a coffin of peachy pale skin and numerous twisted tubes "
A beautiful poem by Tanvi Nagar.
April 2nd, 2021
" We are the divine femme.
We have chosen to define what it means
To be a second thought,
Ever flowing,
Masterfully holding together our worlds around us. "
Three empowering poems, 'Divine Femme', 'Godly Rush' and 'Unanswered Questions' by Rachel Mic.
April 1st, 2021
" She tasted like candy lip gloss and bubblegum, Her lipsticked mouth painted mine a rosy pink. "
A soft and vivid poem about love by Michelle Ramalingam.
March 25th, 2021
" The heady nights rolling into my mind of champagne and
Frothy potions of angels
Ruby candles and the vast opals of ebony that mean
The sky is pregnant with darkness "
A beautiful and ethereal poem reminiscent of warm summer evenings by Iona Mannion-Brown
March 23rd, 2021
" Who have palms wet with sweat
when they speak in public
spots oozing with yellow juice,
grease in dark dyed hair
who leave sticky snot imprinted on your jumper. "
A poem celebrating the good, the bad and the ugly of being human by Millicent Stott
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