THE IRONY OF JUDAS

 A SONG THAT YOU HAVE DANCED TO WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND A few years ago I was in Tulsa, OK for a concert.  “It’s Keisha, Hasty, not Quiche- Ah” R corrected me.  I never could remember how to pronounce her name.  We actually found ourselves standing in line for this concert twice because the first…

VODKA BAPTISM

Written by Primal Night’s and HastyWords She presses her breath gently from her lips Unaware that she had been holding it in The quiet breaks slowly; a sad sort of beauty   Numbness threatens every bony limb And chills the length of her spine As he fills her tub with liquored sin   She stills…

BECAUSE GIRLS ARE COOL – SANDY RAMSEY

So many of my family and friends are celebrating their birthday this month I can barely keep up!  This beautiful lady, Mother of Imperfection celebrated hers recently… and she is as real as a person can get.  Some of her posts hurt to read and prove, once again, how strong mothers can be.   I…

BECAUSE GIRLS ARE COOL – SAMARA

    Samara writes the superstar blog A Buick in the Land of Lexus  I am not even sure where to start or end with this blogger because she is…well…she is Samara. She is a powerful writer who does not pull any punches when it comes to her writing. She writes what she thinks, feels,…

A LOVELY LADY by Shane Mayabb

So… A really nice friend messaged me on facebook yesterday.  He is an old classmate from my angsty high school days.  We knew some of the same people but both of us were really fairly busy (shy) to have the heavy social calendar some teens have.  Anyway, he wrote a poem for me and I…

BECAUSE GIRLS ARE COOL – GUNMETAL GEISHA

Today I read the posts below written by GUNMETAL GEISHA. This past weekend I attended a writing conference and although I have been to this conference before; this time it was more emotional.  This time I told myself, “I am only here to learn” but I knew in my heart this was were I would…

BECAUSE GIRLS ARE COOL – CARLY HUTTON

  This cool girl caught me in that smile of hers and I just can’t look away.  She has the most amazing spirit that comes out in her blog but don’t take my word for it.  Go visit her yourself.  Here at Growing Butterfly                THE ONLY GIRL AT…

TEACH ME EMPATHY

Originally posted on Laura A. Lord:
A little while back I threw myself into a project that terrified me. After multiple attempts at joining my writing with another’s, and being burnt every time, I once again gave it a shot. I wrote to a woman here on WordPress, someone whose poetry was unspeakably beautiful, and…