loneliness – MAGAZINE

Sculptors by Dani Leshgold

Posted on Feb 22, 2019May 2, 2019 by Dani Leshgold

we make happy like clay. can teach you how to mold loneliness into smiles, cement into lace. we were afraid of the dark, but watch us bathe in this light.

Can the Healing Begin in the Lunchroom?

Posted on Mar 6, 2018Mar 6, 2018 by Cyndy Etler

Every teen who has committed a school shooting has the same basic needs: Food. Water. Shelter. And a friend. Every school kid shares these needs. A new iPhone? Good outfits? PS4 Pro? Nice, but not needed. That one single friend, though—that’s a desperate necessity. When kids feel unconnected and unloved, they’ll do anything to get […]

Wishbone by Martina Dominique Dansereau

Posted on Mar 5, 2016Jul 1, 2019 by Germ Magazine guest author

Inspired by “Wishbone” by Richard Siken. “Wishbone” was previously published in Oddball Magazine. You are talking about your ex-boyfriend and I am telling you about how when I tried to kill myself, I couldn’t find a sharp enough knife. …………I even tried a cleaver from the kitchen drawer, …………but I couldn’t bring myself to push […]

Floating by Cassandra Peterson

Posted on Mar 5, 2016Mar 21, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

I float in a blurred balance of life, Slowly falling through the dark spaces in between the light, Filling in the blanks with my own absurd assumptions. I swim with the current, Basking in the fleeting peace of the world, Flying, in search of child-like wonder. Trying to understand, I lock myself away, Oddly disappointed […]

The Top 10 Ways to Handle Heartbreak

Posted on Oct 22, 2015Oct 19, 2015 by Germ Magazine guest author

* Names and details have been changed. Not long ago, I received an email from Catherine, a young woman suffering from the heart-wrenching pain of losing her first love. In the email, she told me how her boyfriend had recently broken up with her. Even though the relationship was not a positive one (he broke […]