It Stays in Our Body by Mehreen Hashmi
Feb24

It Stays in Our Body by Mehreen Hashmi

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

  “It Stays in Our Body” by Mehreen Hashmi       What does my writing/art mean to me? Being a survivor of several assaults including rape, molestation and sexual assaults, I have been living with developmental trauma and my work is a narration of my emotional state of several time periods while attempting to process and heal. It depicts social stigmas towards victims and its aftermath on their lives. My...

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The Light Keeper by Ksenia Lisna
Feb24

The Light Keeper by Ksenia Lisna

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

  “The Light Keeper” by Ksenia Lisna Берегиня Світла     Ukraine is not a dream. Ukraine is my home. Україна, це ні сон, ні мрія. Україна, це моя Батьківщина.   What does my art mean to me: Coming as I do from a port city and shipbuilding centre in the southern region of Ukraine, the ethos of sea, sky, and steppe are never far away. Mykolayiv is situated on the river Buh, which flows into The Black Sea....

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Earth’s Lullaby, or To the Child Now Grown by Kathleen McCoy
Feb24

Earth’s Lullaby, or To the Child Now Grown by Kathleen McCoy

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

  “Earth’s Lullaby, or To the Child Now Grown” by Kathleen McCoy   Before the wooly mammoth pounded here, before the wings of pterosaurs cleaved this brittle sky and pieces shattered, when                                glacier-fed streams greened the earth and bobbins of purple and gold bejeweled the grass, I saw you. I dreamed you, you danced behind your daddy’s eyes,                                 and...

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This Girl by Ellie O’Leary
Feb11

This Girl by Ellie O’Leary

Posted on Feb 11, 2023

  “This Girl” by Ellie O’Leary   Everybody in Somerville is either                                     Irish or Italian                                     and we’re Irish. Everybody is Catholic except a few                                     are Protestant                                     and we are High Episcopal. Everybody knows we are supposed to be Catholic but                                     I know...

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Entwined Moon by Lauren Triola
Feb11

Entwined Moon by Lauren Triola

Posted on Feb 11, 2023

  “Entwined Moon” by Lauren Triola   I wanted to catch the moon. Wrap it in a string, wear it around my neck. I could drag the tides as I walked, guide my way with milky white, keep it on my desk at night and watch it wax and wane all for me. But then they told me no, I couldn’t catch the moon. Impossible, they said. Ridiculous. It’s not just a light in the sky, it’s a massive body of stone. It would crush me,...

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