The party is in full force, women are lifting their skirts turning ankles, kicking legs higher, swaying men are throwing back brandy, urging on, wiping damp hands on the backs of chairs unseen. Children who are supposed to be sleeping, watch from the tops of stairs, for discarded drinks especially those too sweet and yellowedContinue reading “Dirty Words – Candice L. Daquin”
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Daily Creativity Prompt – Dirty Words
In honor of its 5th anniversary, Indie Blu(e) Publishing and Brave & Reckless are teaming up this November to sponsor a series of 30 daily creativity prompts, comprised of the titles of our 25 published books and four upcoming titles, along with a couple fun phrases to round it out. We think our book titlesContinue reading “Daily Creativity Prompt – Dirty Words”
Through the Looking Glass – Christine E. Ray
my eyes rarely rise to meet reflection they slide away unconsciously unseen unseeing once, long gazes into mirrored glass were moments of self-indulgence self-reflection self-assurance but time, pain have taken their toll brightly lit bare-faced self-inventory has lost its charm only in steam-fogged moments do eyes boldly gaze through the looking glass seeking recognition ©Continue reading “Through the Looking Glass – Christine E. Ray”
Through the Looking Glass – Georgiann Carlson
the looking glass never lies we might but the mirror does not we see ourselves aging we see people fall out of sight gone forever we watch out lives play out through the looking glass see the joy and sadness the beauty and the ugliness we watch as our youth disappears the past simply erasedContinue reading “Through the Looking Glass – Georgiann Carlson”
Looking Through The Glass – Lynn White
Somehow the mirror has broken fragmenting my image, the image I have of myself, the one I like to project. Was it the sunlight that cracked it, the exposure to brightness, an explosion of light or was it already a distortion ready to be destroyed by a different audience looking over my shoulder. Or wasContinue reading “Looking Through The Glass – Lynn White”
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