Red anthers stain the delicate white petals of the Lilium Roma Lilies with their “paprika,” yet somehow the flowers are still able to...

Her. I see her. I hate the way she breathes. I hate the way she moves. I hate the way she speaks  and stalks around the room. I hate the...

Another Girl It’s a subtle pain, it’s skipping breakfast It hangs all day A ball and chain It’s a shattered wave against a shore You...

Game Over i don't think she's supposed to learn those lessons this young like which men in the family never to be alone in a room with...

Flood The cool rain was falling so close to grasp Unpredictable, untold direction, Even if you try to use the best map It’s puzzling to...

Crush and Tango My heart beats so ferociously––I think I can dance. Across the floor from me, you shoot me a glance. Tango with me, move...

Self Doubt I am unclear before I am sane by Raquel Silberman  then, one sane instant brings clarity:  One clarifying instant brings...

my neon reverie : the soul of americana my reflection against …the realm where the expanse between dreams, reality, and what is my soul...

Female Rage As a man, I can talk about female rage. No, I am not going to go on and on About how female rage doesn’t exist. In fact, I...

Makeup I settled in the similarity of both of us because I knew that she would never call me ugly. It was more visible than highlighter...

To bury a curious girl When I was younger, I stood on a mountain of pillows With a brave decision to swallow a whole finger. My father...

Plague i. Always there has been this hunger & this need to disguise it. In the invisible background of Van Gogh’s Cypresses is a son...

cooking lessons my mother brings only a plastic bag to California. for you, she says, handing the miniature kitchen equipment for playing...

Too Much to Ask I can fix him, they say. I can fix her, they say. Why is it that people always try to fix other people? Do they look like...

Childhood self portrait with bike, Twinkle Toes and a little Paul Simon First swimsuit, a cousin’s, that clung like an old woman who’d...

Stop The Time Everyone around Salyn can't wait for the future. Many can't wait for what it brings. Salyn can wait. You see, when she...

As a carefree little girl with a fondness for gargantuan hairbows, I didn’t used to worry about desperate thieves or madmen. But that was...

Sometimes, when things get particularly boring, I like to float way up high, perch myself atop a cloud, and gaze at the world below. It’s...

I am by no means an expert on nature. I’m a naturalist, but not a nature-ologist. I see the world for its intrinsic value, not for the...

This morning’s shimmers trickle from the icy sky and pool in the garden, their golden hands gently prying open basil leaves as they...