January - 2019

Rhythm & Bones

Rhythm & Bones

Blood on Snow

Blood on Snow

THE WARD a monthly feature by Elisabeth Horan “MKE View” Art by Ryan Schauffler Dearest Friends - You are so wonderful. I know you are with me today and everyday... in this - my difficult trial, as well as in my recovery and survival. I love you all so much. I will be back soon to say, "Hello Twitter Loves..." Yours always, Eli <3 Blood on Snow Have I ever known The taste of man In his shell and casing Few can land a blow As this; shotgun tip And finger lost, what History

Cop a Bradstreet Attitude

Cop a Bradstreet Attitude

Messy Nest a monthly feature by Amy Alexander Cop a Bradstreet Attitude It’s the new year. To the animals and trees, this is just another day when the planet is bathing in long or short light at different poles. Yet humans feel the need to take a long look at what they did last year and want to do this year. I always find myself tottering between two feelings: One, that I should place my parental and family duties before all else. And two, resenting the hell out of the washin

By Death, She Lives

By Death, She Lives

By Death, She Lives Jenna Vélez I was born in a blood moon Coughed up like vampire pearl The smell of burnt skin The char of women Wise beyond their tears Formed me by mortar and pestle I emerged in the firelight We dance and die by Yet the water ebbs and flows In a sanguineous sea Embryonic and embalming My first cry was an echo A bubble in the blue And so will be my last Everything between is god The earth and air To bury and breathe again Jenna Vélez is an emerging poet a

Eraser Marks: Swimming on Land

Eraser Marks: Swimming on Land

ERASER MARKS a monthly feature by Robin Anna Smith "Medicate," multimedia by Robin Anna Smith I’ve been having an extraordinarily difficult time lately managing my health and my daughter’s health. She and I both have a form of autonomic dysfunction (they call it “rare” but it’s really just rarely diagnosed) that makes being upright extremely difficult. It causes blood pressure and pulse instability, adrenaline surges, anxiety, sweats, dizziness, fainting, weakness, inability

Passed Notes & Poems: 'Nothing Wrong'

Passed Notes & Poems: 'Nothing Wrong'

Passed Notes & Poems a monthly feature by Kristin Garth The Poem: Nothing Wrong R. Kelly tune you dance to topless in the 90’s, main stage stripper’s choice of song, the one that says “nothing wrong.” You listen, a child abuse victim, bubblegum thong to lyrics saying you belong. Back bent atop one more businessman, you don’t understand this song’s not about consent, adults, the sex positivity you want it to be — boobs below a chin again so you can be financially free from a

Didn't Let This Take You

Didn't Let This Take You

Joined Journeys a monthly Mental Health feature by Maddie M. White Didn't Let This Take You Shan Hart Twitter: @hartofawriter www.shanhart.com What mental illness do you suffer from? General Anxiety Disorder and Clinical Depression When was the first time you noticed it and how? I started having anxiety attacks in the later part of high school. My parents noticed that I had bouts of depression that I couldn’t shake. So I was officially diagnosed my freshman year of college wi

Inside of a Dog

Inside of a Dog

Inside of a Dog a monthly feature by Kate Dowling Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx I imagine many of you reading this, my first post for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Blog, will have seen this quote from Groucho Marx before. I thought it would be worth the reminder though, seeing as it’s inspired my title for my regular contributions for the blog. Dogs and books are two of my most favourite things in life.

I Will Always Stand Up

I Will Always Stand Up

Joined Journeys a monthly Mental Health feature by Maddie M. White I Will Always Stand Up with Charlotte Underwood 1. What mental illness do you suffer from? I suffer from pretty chronic depression and anxiety (gad) 2. When was the first time you noticed it and how? I don't remember a time I didn't feel this way but I didn't notice it really until I was 14 and became an alcoholic and self-harmed; It was like a compulsion I couldn't stop. 3. How does it affect your life as a w