Who We Are
By Elisabeth Horan
Worrying scared ashamed embarrassed angry
sexualized objectified demonized
Fat disgusting too thin too woman
Lesbians gays fags hags
Sluts pussies
African American Latinas/os Hispanics Indians Native Americans
Refugees Syrians Yemenis Afghanis Iraqis Sudanese
Famine war death
Ignore / Ignorance
Bombings cars on sidewalks underground aboveground France
UK USA Kabul Mosul Mogadishu Isis
Boko Haram Nigeria Kenya
Internet hate trolls
Mother Nature / Nurture
Rivers, streams, fish, birds, snakes, bugs, bees, butterflies, bears, coyotes, wolves
Bears Ears Arches Anasazi Run Petroglyphs
Clean water Fracking Halliburton Cheney
Earthquakes hurricanes tornados flooding
Self-esteem respect bullying suicide
Homeless neglected pets neglected people
Pregnant women abortion clinics rape survivors incest survivors
Texas intimidation
Hoodies guns men in Blue men in Black
Black men
Charlottesville
Sexual assault police brutality Emmett Till Malcolm X
Obama Oh Lord God, Hast Thou Forsaken Us – ? Martin Luther King Jr.
Sanders Clinton Warren Leahy messy, messy
McConnell Cruz Ryan angry, angry
Elisabeth (Me ) and _____________ (You ).
Elisabeth Horan is a poet mother student lover of kind people and animals, homesteading in Vermont with her tolerant partner and two young sons. She hopes the earth can withstand us and that humans may learn to be more kind to each other and to Mother Nature.
She has recently been featured in Quail Bell Magazine and Dying Dahlia Review. She has work forthcoming at The Occulum, Alexander & Brook and at Switchgrass Review.
Elisabeth is a 2018 MFA Candidate at Lindenwood University and teaches at River Valley Community College in New Hampshire. Follow her @ehoranpoet.