exit wound by Dara Goodale
“she aimed for soft tissue / her verbal viewfinder / aligned perfectly with my aorta” – excerpt from exit wound, poetry by Dara Goodale
Tag: mental health
A Guide to the Heal-By-Scream Method by Chelsea Sutton
“Scream right into the hole. It feels great.” Kathie puts a light, practiced hand on my shoulder… “I’m trying,” I say, but I’m not screaming, the screaming is not coming. – excerpt from A Guide to the Heal-By-Scream Method, fiction by Chelsea Sutton
I’m Okay by Ed Kratz
“Families and partners mill about in the sun and the warm air. No one is with me. Not anymore.” – exerpt from I’m Okay, non-fiction by Ed Kratz #MetaworkerMonday
Through the Motions by Diane Funston
“The panther paces her cage / Heavy velvet paws pad the cell / back and. forth / left. and right.” – excerpt from Through the Motions, poetry by Diane Funston #TheMetaworker
Closer to the Sky by Carolyn R. Russell
“You want the memory to serve you somehow, to mean something that you can make sense of…” excerpt from Closer to the Sky by Carolyn R. Russell #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday
Grasshopper Looks Up At His Therapist by Jocko Benoit
“After years in the sanitarium, / the grasshopper looks up and sees / his therapist is the ant.” excerpt from Grasshopper Looks Up At His Therapist by Jocko Benoit #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday
Lives of Dust and Ashes by Marie-Louise McGuinness
“The bang came afterwards, as if the earth had just regained consciousness and gravity returned with violent force.”
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