by Julia Genkingerinspired by TBAWP 2020’s group discussion Falling in love for the first time is easyYour first companion, your first commitment to someone you care forYou’ve never been destroyed by love before.Love is joy.And when it ends your pieces…
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Portraits
by Anonymousinspired by Mari Aviles’ demo-lesson Everyone in my family has a different smile. My mother’s smile is wide and shows all of her teeth, open and inviting, and the skin around her mouth shows the wear of years of…
Altered Spaces
by Courtney Nickelinspired by Asimina Mobley’s mini-lesson Sunday, March 8 4pmI hustled around Trinity Sportsplex frantically decorating and making sure everything was in order for my son’s 8th birthday party. 28 children (mostly boys) arrived with their parents. They…
Intrusion
by Karen Holbrookinspired by Samantha Beatty’s mini-lesson Hidden away inside the coat jacket was a sealed letter. I gently pulled it out from the safety of the pocket and wondered who this letter was intended for. The dusty gray jacket…
Vigils
by Katharine Werthwineinspired by Courtney Nickel’s mini-lesson I remember the day you stumbled,Out of the airWhen your lungs sputter,Out of air. How I kept vigilThat night, brightenedBy the fire crackling down your spine.Your body crackled with pain,Your bones, kindling. Today…
The Realities of Teaching & When Quarantine Hits
by Jessica O’Brieninspired by Karen Holbrook’s demo-lesson Mrs. OBrien Jessica Teacher &…
Heartbeat #3
by Julia Genkingerinspired by Courtney Nickel’s mini-lesson My Perspective 9/16/19:I got the call Monday night as I got home from my last class of the day. “Hey, how did it go at the doctors?” I asked my mom, who I…
Sacred
by Lisa Inserra inspired by Mieke Valk's demo-lessonand with special thanks to The Goat Rodeo Allstars It was a Saturday night party of twenty-somethings in the 5th floor walk-up of Joe's midtown Manhattan apartment. She rang the bell. Joe excused…
Behind the Scenes: A Week in the Life
by Emily Kent inspired by the Goat Rodeo Allstars Wednesday:Rise and shine. Gym time it is, 6 AM edition. Legs today.Work, work, work and class,Class and work, class, class,All the while, brain swimming in the stew of Tartarus,“It’s okay to…
All Lives Can’t Matter Until Black Lives Matter
by Julia Genkinger inspired by Marta A. O’Brien’s mini-lesson Black Lives Matter.Yes, all lives matter but they cannot all matter untilBlack Lives Matter. Black Lives.Have been oppressed for 250 years.Your ancestors have created the ghettos we lived in.Your media has painted…