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Tag: self-image

All You Should Remember by Perry L. Powell
Poetry

All You Should Remember by Perry L. Powell

April 1, 2024April 1, 20240

“You wait for the night / below the castle on the mountain.” – Excerpt from All You Should Remember by Perry L. Powell #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

Thirst by Chris Cooper
Fiction

Thirst by Chris Cooper

October 9, 2023March 4, 20254

“The blinding light from the Frigidaire beams, a humming blaze fluorescing Lacey’s face as she stands, staring into the refrigerator glow with a vacant gaze.” @coopd88 art by @curiouscerid #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Ruins” by Mary Paulson
Poetry

“Ruins” by Mary Paulson

September 13, 2021August 15, 20221

Mary Paulson currently lives and works in Naples, FL. Her poems have appeared in Slow Trains, Mainstreet Rag, Painted Bride Quarterly, Nerve Cowboy, Arkana, Thimble …

“Self Portrait as Woman with Scarf” by Paul Rabinowitz
Non-Fiction / Poetry

“Self Portrait as Woman with Scarf” by Paul Rabinowitz

September 28, 2020June 26, 20220

I have no hair atop my head but if I did it would be like yours and I’d wash it  brush it out and take …

“Canescent” by Jagari Mukherjee
Poetry

“Canescent” by Jagari Mukherjee

January 7, 2019September 4, 20202

1 These mornings, I wake to find silver threads in my hair — gleaming as if dipped in the winter moon. I have always loved …

“Steps” By Elena Lucia Perez
Editorial / Miscellaneous

“Steps” By Elena Lucia Perez

November 9, 2015April 21, 20230

She looks at the ground, the sky, the trees; anywhere but her own heart.  She must, at all costs, keep the poison from entering her …

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