Hello, fellow Germs! Welcome to a new series called Belle Lettres, which spotlights female writers who might not be very well-known. The title is a play on the …
Memoirs of a Bibliophile by Hana Tzou
Her blood is saturated with sunbeams and her bones brittle thin and from her skin arises the musky scent of paper and smoky vanilla fire. …
Eighteen by Phoebe Lyons
eighteen shades I am eighteen shades of blue eighteen shades and my kneecaps they’re throbbing my wrists my veins my eighteen shades eighteen I am …
there must be somewhere better (november 2011) by Rona Wang
November means sputtering rain that has no energy left for desperation, myths woven into cartilage sidewalks like hemp. A rush of street veins, the trains …
A Taste for Blood by Seanna Pratt
It was another summer where I was waiting to find him, the sparkling apparition. All wide eyed, shoulders like concrete. They said I was wrong …
Love Is an Investment by Nahal Amouzadeh
love is an investment when he says all the right things, look into your heart like you would your wallet and count the good memories …
Starfish by Courtney Birst
They held it high above their heads, hoisted their prickly trophy up, mouths open in triumph. It was bigger than my hand, bigger than your …
The Writer by Chance Walsh
Words flee from honest fingers Letters left far After the meaning is lost Trapped thoughts Set free Freedom to speak your mind A key to …
Cynical and Frigid by Alyssa Anne Icaro
painting and poem by Alyssa Anne Icaro . We once dreamed of a fairy tale Once thought that love is fair At some point we …