Touch

Two flash fiction pieces by Jessica Bergquist

Ritual For When It’s Ash Wednesday & Mercury Retrograde & Your Idols Keep Dying

“Today the only fires you should start are on your altar.”

a boy on Tinder told me my poems were too depressing.

Poetry by Laura Andrea. Previously published by Vessel Press.

PoetrySubmissionMarch 4, 2019poetry, laura andreaComment

Pelo Bueno

“Pelo Bueno,” an art piece by Krizia Bruno accompanied by a poem.

Poetry, Visual ArtKrizia BrunoFebruary 28, 2019Pelo bueno, visual art, Latinx art, painting, poetry, creative writing, artistsComment

CONSENT

Poems by Cat Dixon. Previously published by Vessel Press.

PoetrySubmissionFebruary 25, 2019poetry, poems, rape, sexual assault, consent, cat dixonComment

The Babe With the Power: Blending Healing Magic and Popular Culture

“Sometimes things are difficult, it’s ok to admit I struggle, but I keep going. Rearranging my brain because of trauma has been necessary and important work, but one thing it isn’t is painless. It has to hurt if it’s to heal.”

Braids

poem by Kristin Garth, previously published by Vessel Press and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

PoetrySubmissionFebruary 18, 2019poetry, poem, erotic poetry, kristin garthComment

Tide

poems by Lyn Patterson

PoetrySubmissionFebruary 11, 2019Comment

Lemonade as Beyoncé’s Magnum Opus

Cindy Franco takes us through the evolution of Beyoncé in this analysis of Lemonade.

Pop Culture, Divine Feminine, Liberation, SubmissionSubmissionFebruary 4, 2019beyonce, lemonade, magnum opusComment

Xochiquetzal

“In the middle of winter, after a month of unraveling / and wanting to turn to ice, I prayed to Xochiquetzal; / I was willing to be a sacrifice—have my heart / carved out with her obsidian knife.”

Goddess Poems, PoetryMarisa SilvaJanuary 31, 2019xochiquetzal, goddesses, goddess xochiquetzal, goddess poem, goddess, goddess poemsComment

Bewitching Hour

Creative Non-Fiction by Tianna G. Hansen

Liberation, Creative Non-FictionSubmissionJanuary 28, 2019Comment

And I Don’t Want To Live This Life

Saved Life

poem by Gabrielle Lawrence

PoetrySubmissionJanuary 21, 2019poetry, maternal, grandmother, poem, gabrielle lawrence, saved life, life lessons, reflections, spirituality, religionComment

Mejorar La Raza: Part 1

prose poem by Krizia Bruno

Poetry, Creative Non-FictionKrizia BrunoJanuary 17, 2019Comment

on the time my girlfriend decided to grow out her nails

poetry by Caroline Grand-Clement

PoetrySubmissionJanuary 14, 2019poetry, poem, women poetry, poems about women, goddess, wombComment

In (St) Brigid’s Arms: an Imbolc Devotional

“When you unexpectedly find yourself in hospital with a poorly newborn (and still recovering from a c-section yourself) 35 miles from home, missing your husband and other children, frightened for the baby you’ve just brought into the world, then magic, prayer and ritual have never been more important, but also must be improvised.”