Writing

paper cranes

A Story by Katt Marie

The day I met him was a sunny one. The marble benches shimmered with a thousand facets and the grass glowed like the pregnant women wandering the cou..

Greener Grasses

A Poem by The Blood Poet

A poem about Sickle Cell Anemia. (Previously published in "The Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry")

Safari

A Poem by The Blood Poet

a strange blue painting a gurney the sound of a blood pressure pump the smell of antiseptic an abandoned wheelchair an old wom..

My Heart

A Poem by The Blood Poet

On Wednesday I had an echocardiogram done an ultrasound for the heart to check to make sure everything was ok. For the first time in ..

Fatigue

A Poem by The Blood Poet

as a kid I felt I could never catch up with my friends with my homework physically or catch my breath everything felt like I was ru..

The Empire of the Soul

A Poem by The Blood Poet

the sacred wound a sacred life the womb that no knife can cut. The tribe migration deeper into the mountains looking fo..

Belly Wisdom

A Poem by The Blood Poet

the sacred wound a sacred life the womb that no knife can cut. The tribe migration deeper into the mountains looking ..

Sifting Dirt

A Poem by AmatusNimbus

As mental health deteriorates, it evolves into a wrecking ball of emotions and confusion that affects those around the victim as they search for closu..

What's Left Behind

A Book by The Poetry of Michal (Mit..

This is a collection about my mother who battled cancer for twenty-five years and my father who was her caregiver for so many years. It is about her l..

Comfortable Mum

A Chapter by The Poetry of Michal (Mit..

About the poem: Father was pushed to the side...was never given the opportunity to voice opinions. he was expected to be there for Mother...no matter ..

Descending

A Chapter by The Poetry of Michal (Mit..

About the poem:I was at the hospital with Mother...she kept telling me that she see her family, God, angels. I thought it was the end...the goodbye mo..

Upon Her Death

A Chapter by The Poetry of Michal (Mit..

About the poem: in this poem I imagine Father at Mother's grave side...my father was a spiritual man, so I am using a few biblical and mystical refren..