In California, more specifically the San Francisco Bay Area is comprised of San Francisco and neighboring counties which would include cities such as San Francisco, Palo Alto,… Read more “Spring Break Assignment: Women’s Poverty, Housing, and Homelessness- Briana Atkins”
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#20
When you eat, sleep and breathe prose, and have sentences dripping from your fingertips, when your mind goes blank just as you find the right words to… Read more “#20”
Now I Know Why Hurricanes Are Named After Humans.
It began to downpour And a sense of regret washed over me I shivered with familiarity. I saw the winds pick up and for a second… Read more “Now I Know Why Hurricanes Are Named After Humans.”
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My Mouth Misses the way yours Molded against Mine Many Months have gone by, Maybe they should Meet again reMeMber all those Melancholy days in May when… Read more “M”
#19
I feel it all slipping through my fingers. I stuck my fist into the dirt and up with my hand went the sands of time, and I… Read more “#19”
New York City, Please Be Kind. I’ve Got a Fragile Heart and An Open Mind.
I think about that seven-year old girl with barrettes in her hair and wind on her cheeks and at times I wonder What must she think of… Read more “New York City, Please Be Kind. I’ve Got a Fragile Heart and An Open Mind.”
#18
Sometimes in the tunnel, two trains will pass each other by; drifting along at the same speed. I stand, clutching to a silver pole for balance, sandwiched… Read more “#18”
#17
Is it okay if I just lay beside you right now? You know I’m petrified of thunderstorms, and every bright flash of lightning and rumble of thunder… Read more “#17”
#16
How do you tell someone that you almost loved them? That they almost meant everything to you. That you almost gave up everything for them. How do… Read more “#16”