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Juniper Hill By: Devney Perry
Image Credit: Pexels: ROMAN ODINTSOV Image Credit: Pinterest “Juniper Hill” is where we left off with “Indigo Ridge.” However, in this story, we are greeted with a new character and love interests. Memphis Ward is a new mom who is experiencing the fifth worst day of her life. That’s right, she keeps track of her…
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Hot Roman Girl Summer- Recipes From The Past
Image Credit: Unsplash- Jason Briscoe I’ll be 100% honest with you – I’m getting bored with matcha and green Goddess salads. So I’ve decided to dig into History and find some recipes that do not include protein powder and are bound to make you stand out at a barbecue if you plan on bringing them.…
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Sun Awake
Image Credit: Pexels- Rudi Don’t sleep while the sun is awake Sleeping is for plants; they work all day We, the people, have mobility, yet still we limit our abilities. The unwilling has no place in the game. It is the honest man who works all day. This was written by our contributing writer, Kerah…
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The Girl Who Collected Time
Image Credit: Unsplash- Maksym Kaharlytskyi Nobody noticed the girl in the yellow raincoat until she began stealing time. Not in the usual way—she didn’t distract clocks or cut the wires in wristwatches. No. The girl, who called herself Juniper (because her real name was too sharp), had the quiet kind of magic that made the…
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Lucky Clovers
Image Credit: Unsplash- Lulu Lovering Her mother told her to count her lucky clovers. Bury knees-deep in overgrowth of the four leaves, little hearts cusped together by stems. Weeds to many. Wonders to a mere few. She told her to carry them with her, press them in worn-bound books. To return to later— turn them…
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Space
Image Credit: Unsplash- Hunter Newton Space Not really a place But we’re always in a race To get to this place That’s just empty But full of everything At the same time There is no time In space No time No place It’s everything and nothing all at once Like you You were everything and…
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Numbness
Image Source: Pexels- MART Production Sometimes I feel like I don’t feel anything at all And like nothing anyone could do or say would change that Like I’m completely numb I want to cry, but I can’t I want to laugh, but I can’t Like my face has been drawn on and can’t be erased…
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A Siren’s Wrath
Image Source: Unsplash- Good Days Digital This will be the fourth ship I have sunk in as many days. Usually, I am not so fortunate. I have had bad luck— despite all of the ships I’ve led to their dooms, my end goal has evaded me. It has occurred to me more than once that…
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Booked It, Sis! Why That Last-Minute Vacation Might Just Save Your Sanity
Image Credit: Pexels- Jess Loiterton Look. You’ve been responsible. You’ve responded to all the emails, remembered your friend’s baby shower gift (barely), and meal-prepped like the productive queen you are. But suddenly it hits you, it’s August, your toes haven’t touched sand, and your passport is starting to judge you from the drawer. You, my…
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Whispers Of A Forgotten Truth
Image Credit: Unsplash- Frankie Mish Let them play Those drums within me, Like a storm, it rages on Let my love be warm again I’ve been fighting this This feeling of truth and warmth Let it play once again. From my youth I was born to warmth, Warmth turned cold Warmth not recognized Look at…
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Praise Song For My Mother
Image Credit: Pexels- Freepik O dearest beloved! Black lapis lazuli, That glows like Guinness. Living image of Aphrodite; My beloved, my mother. If the sun is what, The moon needs to alight, The stygian night sky, Then you are all I needed, To illuminate my world. Oh my mother, Heaven blesses your hands! May all…
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From The Air Vent
Image Source: Pinterest From the air vent, as in Venting my bottled emotions onto paper. My digital diary, If you will, My one place I feel safe. The one place I feel safe Is this poetry I share with you: A peak behind the mask I have so carefully crafted, For this time, I have…
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