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Self-Portrait (Book Page)

Andre — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:08:14 +0000

Today we celebrate Elisabeth Horan’s poetry book Self-Portrait, published by Cephalopress on September 30, 2019. We’ve had the opportunity to feature a few of the poems from this book, and we cannot recommend it enough! About the book: This book of poetry explores the life and work of Frida Kahlo, suffusing the intensity of her life into a dual-language collection. Read More

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Mujer y Mono (Woman and Monkey)

Andre — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:00:50 +0000

by Elisabeth Horan 1938 Nothing should end this violently:Baby monkeys slide in and out Of their madres – like the slippery pea podsSo gently – The wind sabe como tocar (the wind knows how to touch)A woman’s cheeks As if they could break her openHack easily at the insides of a body So permanently destroy her –But they do not. Read More

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Hole in Chest with Arrow

Andre — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:00:22 +0000

by Elisabeth Horan 1937 Life is something I had with youIt doesn’t matter which ulcer you choose Her or meMe or herLove or agonyMy body becomesa trash yard Pero mírala – Floreciendo como una mujerMás hermosa – más útil – para ti Yet look at her – Blossoming like a womanmore lovely – more useful – for you She Read More

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Hurt Comes in Pairs

Andre — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:00:14 +0000

by Elisabeth Horan 1939 There is a woman of the dirt.And another. Two nudes in the earth. JustMe and my sister. Look how she coilsInto my belly asking for Forgiveness. I like to see her Writhe like a worm, andI step on her Sometimes – to remind Her of her smallness – And how it feels to die. And yet Read More

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Best of the Net 2019 Nominations

Andre — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:10:29 +0000

Today we announce our Best of the Net 2019 Nominations. For those unfamiliar, Sundress Publications produces an annual Best of the Net Anthology to showcase online work. Submissions for the anthology, however, must come from the online publication that first shared the work online. In addition, for the 2019 anthology, the work must have appeared between July 1, 2018 and Read More

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At the grave of your death, I smile

Andre — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 17:32:49 +0000

by Elisabeth Horan For why not; God’s been joking with us All the while; He whispers placation In our ears, plants lust for the sinner’s Alcoholic slide, leaves dust where a Mother, her child, she should find. My loss, and melancholy, were it not For our friendship, would be funny, Really, I laugh at the nose of death – Pointy Read More

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Odd list Odd house Odd me (Book Review)

Andre — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 18:27:13 +0000

Today the pachyderms travel to 19th-century Amherst, Massachusetts, in search of a quiet place to enjoy Elisabeth Horan‘s Odd list Odd house Odd me (now available from TwistiT Press). Taking Emily Dickinson for her muse, Horan spins poems that journey inward and across centuries to explore sensuality, nature, love, loss, yearning, and one’s mysterious self. Invoking the Muse You do not Read More

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Barren—not of Words

Andre — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 14:29:28 +0000

by Elisabeth Horan I sit upon my little clutch It’s three – five – ten at The most Speckled little curds of me Within them— A glow of life to be A bulb / a flint A match / a yolk A shell of calcium Encasing the heart It’s the best thing I’ve ever made No sperm encroached No fertilization Read More

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Sonnetype at dusk at graveside of young woman.

Andre — Thu, 23 May 2019 11:24:38 +0000

by Elisabeth Horan He who gives Me – taketh the Stone Eats the Loverslips – sways her Bones To magical heights – or was it a depth A lapse in heart pulse – or justified death A Man who touches such as this – hands Never take their leave, I part my Ocean Seas – I forge a New Iron Read More

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Meditations

Andre — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:30:18 +0000

On the amount of prayer needed to maintain a pregnancy by Elisabeth Horan I never got down on my knees Begged forgiveness for my sin Never held the carpet close – Its fibers touching my chin. I should have begged specifically: God, let me keep this one inside Allow it haven in my womb – Not leave it for a Read More

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