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Somewhere, by Aarani Diana
For Alyssa it’s summer somewhere. I’d like to think we’re there, dancing with colour, swaying in silky dresses. sipping cherry coke,...
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teenbellemag
Oct 20, 20202 min read
Snow White and the 7 Myths of Meritocracy, by Sena Chang
'Snow White and the 7 Myths of Meritocracy' explores the paradigm shift we have undergone in the last several decades concerning the...
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teenbellemag
Oct 16, 20202 min read
To You Mr. President, by Siobhan Hebron
To You Mr. President, To you I am emotional and I am sick To you I am a series of holes, for penetrating or expelling And so if I could,...
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Sep 13, 20201 min read
different perspective, by Sumaiya Ahmed
it’s a distorted reflection, a dancing wave dipped in obsidian or onyx or ebony or darkness itself. the edge sharper than the curves of...
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Sep 11, 20201 min read
Prodded, by Sarah Dara
I walk down the street and eyes follow me everywhere. Every step that I take is reinforced by a blink or a wink that passes from man to...
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Sep 10, 20201 min read
Snake Eyes, by Kimberly Ray
Penetrating deep into my eyes, he asked how seriously I wanted the job, insisted it's mine if kept loyal, ordered to stand, do a little...
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Sep 7, 20201 min read
Waterbird, by Noreen Ocampo
I crumple, origami-soft & spilling, nurse a paper cut that will not heal. in the valley, a weeping hand. we cannot foresee how wounds...
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Sep 2, 20202 min read
for the love of a nation, by Sumaiya Ahmed
the saffron of the kurdish sun bleeds out of your veins, spilling across the marble floor of a carefully constructed house – a makeshift...
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Aug 31, 20201 min read
Moving Forward, by Kimberly Ray
Treading forward, wind pushing against my back Finding a grip in the blowing sand Gust ripping and I’m alone again Ruminating about the...
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Aug 29, 20203 min read
Crown Street, by Stapleton Nash
We walked your welsh terrier around the block, once, in the gloaming, urging her kindly to shit. Your sister had wanted me to stay...
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teenbellemag
Aug 22, 20201 min read
Reclaim, by Sarah Dara
Speak until your cords radiate in the piercing shine thunder against the boundaries and continue to flow in the air that was created for...
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Aug 18, 20202 min read
Vantablack: Lamentations of a Shrike, by Saahiti Shrikant
the world grows dark under me, and my eyes search the expanse below my wings. a sign! i seek- ah, for destruction’s end. oh, Holy One, is...
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Jul 28, 20201 min read
The bodies between us, by Annelise Edwards-Daem
Struck in the face by your soft hand. The taste of regret on my tongue. I crawl back to the bed that tore me apart. Gathering kisses,...
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teenbellemag
Jul 25, 20201 min read
people-watching in plague times, by Julia Ortiz
and by the shopping cart returns, treading the lines of where cars should be is a monochrome man gazing feetward, hellward. he is...
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teenbellemag
Jul 21, 20202 min read
The gorillas, by Stapleton Nash
I want to go for a hike, I say, pointing to the picture in National Geographic. (I’m twelve, for context.) My mom says, there are...
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teenbellemag
Jun 26, 20202 min read
noun., by Prithiva Sharma
i live within 4 walls that feel like 16; steadily closing in on me. cherry red with lavender flowers painted on them, they remind me of...
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Jun 25, 20201 min read
Untitled, by Vaishnavi Sharma
this kitchen has brown, rusted tiles. a soft corner that holds the refrigerator: at 2 am, its doors leak mist and glow like a giant...
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teenbellemag
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Ode to Oluwatoyin Salau, by Ummkulthum Hassan
You lay in the cold earth and I think it unjust how a creature like you rests in a doleful grave; detached from this world but never...
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Jun 18, 20202 min read
Untitled, by Prithiva Sharma
i. i trace her chin with my fingertips; the blush spreads like stardust painted with blood on her cheeks. oh how i would like to paint...
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Jun 18, 20202 min read
THE BONES OF A WOMAN, by Miya Elizabeth
I wear the skin of a woman who taunts me. Flower petal eyes and a rose-bud mouth. Her cheekbones make cherry-apples of my face. A picture...
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