VH : Writing

Sticky Hands

Sticky Hands

A Story by VH


Our fingertips do not just graze hungrily and, when satisfied, curl into loose fists, leaving invisible souvenirs on skin. Your fingerprints did not ..
Homecoming

Homecoming

A Story by VH


“Chacko told he twins that, though he hated to admit it, they were all Anglophiles. They were a family of Anglophiles. Pointed in the wro..
Elephants

Elephants

A Story by VH


I was eleven years old when my art teacher asked me if I was doing anything special for winter vacation. “Going to Antarct..
Elements

Elements

A Poem by VH


you the wind hiss through my hair and into my ears hold me tightly and not tight enough tossing my skirt to the trees’ arm..
Graphite

Graphite

A Poem by VH


I found your letter on the back of a framed photograph, one you gave me years ago, when we hung from the window of your third story fla..
Marriage

Marriage

A Poem by VH


They are building a fence in the backyard- An unfriendly steel barrier because their wives Do not get along. The men, they’re the one..
The Guardian

The Guardian

A Poem by VH


I am not alone when I stand ankle-deep In the river, which runs longingly toward Your light. You are the color of autumn Leaves and g..
Observations

Observations

A Poem by VH


“The bent photograph is famous to the one who carries it And not at all famous to the one who is pictured.” -Naomi Shihab Nye..