Writing is an act of resistance
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Two Poems by Amelia Díaz Ettinger
Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater I know what it’s said about me that I am a bad mother a brood parasite —no I know I relinquish my eggs to the care of others but notice; I take my time watching in torture-wait until I find her, the perfect host a serious, smaller, caring female in…
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Only the Meek
By Dotty LeMieux Where are the birds of spring? I see bees—are there enough? Black carpenter ants—we never had them before— emerge from some dusky damp place beneath the foundation. We live in a house of cards. Even a bear takes exception to exceptional times and climbs a backyard tree he must have crossed…
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Changing Names
Mendocino, California By Frederick Livingston after how many years does “drought” erode into expected weather? and then what name when the rains do come startling the hard earth the exhausted aquifers? we’ll sing to the deep wells the quieted fire and clean sky “winter” brittle in our mouths holding vigil for rivers elders insects…
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Elegy at the End of a Beach Walk
By Ellen Girardeau Kempler Heat buffets us seaward. Sunburn sends us home. We trail wakes of bags & butts clamshell packages & coffee cups. Styrofoam seeds sprout like alien plants neoprene petals band aid leaves. Straws take root in tangled kelp. Saltwater & sun degrade. Waves & currents take away. Great Garbage Patch. Undersea…
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Cicuta
Narrative nonfiction, environmental degradation, climate crisis, species extinction, K.L. Lord, dystopian natural worldBy K. L. Lord The delicate blooms, alabaster petaled and fragrant, sprout from gardens across the land, mingling with the peas and green beans. They are lovely, but they’ve never grown here before. The first person to find them thought they were carrots, but when pulled from the ground, tendrils of roots ripple through…
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Writers Resist Reads: January 2022
Join us for a virtual reading and chat with the writers and visual artists of Writers Resist. 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC -8) Saturday 29 January 2022 Featuring the contributing writers and artists of the 15 December 2021 issue. RSVP to WritersResist@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
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Right to Life
By Remy Dambron Imagine instead if we incentivized our citizens to stalk and spy on to report and incriminate those among us preparing for an assault, purchasing pistols brandishing rifles and boasting bump stocks customizing scopes and fastening silencers loading up on boxes of bullets intended to pierce our flesh to break our bones to…
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Equity Begins at Home
By Katherine West Equity is something that is dealt with in D.C. or not dealt with in those red states that still use the “n” word or in big cities with big crime . . . where is the white channel on this police radio? not in this small town in this blue state where…
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Vacuum
By Guyon Prince Artist’s Statement: This collage takes a smiling, vacuuming lady from a 1950s LIFE Magazine advertisement and recontextualizes her. As we know, in the 50s it was largely (and incorrectly) assumed that most women were happy to stay home and tend the house and kids every day, while men went out…