words – MAGAZINE

My Words

Posted on May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 by Mihara Minsadi

The words we write can go far and wide
Into hundreds of hands and minds…

Author Nancy Richardson Fischer: The Words That Shape Us

Posted on Oct 11, 2018Jan 16, 2019 by Germ Magazine guest author

Two truths and a lie… When I was seven, a man said I would eventually go crazy. My mom used to tell me: I love you, but right now I don’t like you. A teacher told me that I’m smart but intellectually lazy. Figured out the lie yet? It’s impossible to know without knowing me, […]

Stolen Stars by Neha Agarwal

Posted on Dec 15, 2017Dec 15, 2017 by Neha Agarwal

she experienced high highs and low lows and when she was happy she didn’t smile she sparkled when she was sad she didn’t cry she cracked the other boys and girls feared the darkness under her eyes the scars on her body so they beat her with words producing blood that no one could see […]

Fat Is a Neutral Word: Good nor Bad, It Just Is

Posted on Nov 29, 2017Nov 29, 2017 by Shelby Padgett

I have a certain memory from years ago that I can’t seem to shake. A friend one day wore a pink shirt paired with a long green skirt – an unusual but nice combination. It definitely caught your eye. A mutual friend went in for a hug, and with a smile he said, “You look […]

The way you write by Olivia Liu

Posted on Apr 15, 2017Feb 14, 2019 by Olivia Liu

You write Your hands clutching the keyboard Your mind grasping Your eyes wander, searching For something, For someone, For a reason. Bitten lip, the taste of blood, Crescent fingernail marks on skin Angry stars that shine down on you, Their light like fire, Yet your mind is blank and dark Forgotten things, unforgotten Things all […]

Keep It in or Write It Down by Lexi Eggleston

Posted on Apr 5, 2017Feb 11, 2019 by Lexi Eggleston

Imagine ink flowing onto paper. So softly, the particles spread from the golden tip, creating the words that corrupt and consume my brain. The words that I can’t allow myself to say out loud and the words that could never be shared. Not all thoughts are meant to be said out loud, so keep it […]

I’ve Written Plenty by Taryn Miller

Posted on Mar 21, 2017May 1, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

But no sonnets about how I stayed home to watch The Princess Diaries 2—again. No refrains for the burning guilt that I was convinced I cleansed with holy fire over the time I cheated on a homework assignment ten years ago. No notebooks for the hours I scribbled in the margins. I tell myself those […]

Lark Street Endings by Nancy Koziol

Posted on Mar 3, 2017Mar 6, 2019 by Nancy Koziol

“She kisses a man over coffee.” The black metal square usually contained a mishmash of the little magnetic words. But Julie had arranged these at the top, flush left, and pushed the rest into a brick wall at the bottom. She was so proud of her six words. She liked to visit me at the […]

Star Party by Skyler Jaye Rutkowski

Posted on Jan 26, 2017Feb 14, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

One of my favorite things to do is ask for Secrets. I like harboring words that are only meant for me. Sometimes I’ll see them dance across your skin in the movements You make, or hide themselves in furrowed eyebrows. Giving away secrets makes you a story teller, and I’m craving the kind of knowledge […]