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The Queen & Johnny Lingo

This Ol’ Marrow retelling was inspired by Patricia McGerr’s 1965 short story, “Johnny Lingo and the Eight-Cow Wife.”

In McGerr’s original tale, the woman is named Sarita. Many readers came to know her as Mahana through the 1969 short film...

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Still Holding Warmth

Love ain’t never been

nuthin I’ve truly seen

Juss holdin ta what I’ve been given.

Mah cup stay stained

at every level I decended to,

rings left behind

from all I carried,

all I offered,

all I thought

“I” would finally be …

…enough...

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Where Tha Bee Knelt

Tha field was loud with easy sweetness...

Lavender opened her lavish purple gowns,
Clover laid out her open tables,
Sunflowers lifted their gold bowls
wide ta every wing.

But he passed ‘um by as ordinary

Gardenia kept her offe...

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Unbroken

I See You…

Past tha pain.

Past bramble
‘n thorn
grown thick
around your heart.

Not ugliness.

Protection.

Every barb
learned from hands
that came too close.

Every boundary
a fence built
by a child
who had ta become
he...

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Before tha Mouth Knew

Breath first.

Not tha obedient kind that minds its ribs ‘n keeps proper time.

Naw.

This breath stumbled in, caught its boot on tha heart, went out shiverin’ ‘n come back before tha last of itself was gone.

Light found tha sweat gathered...

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  • Ilias Shepherd Marrow

    Word Whittler. From Wild Places where Faith is teeth & bone. Unarmored love, bleeding without quitting, standing with no bargains. For you who prayed angry, forgave freely, and kept going through echoing silence.

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    ✦F ✦ =Famazing I am Sarah, Aka A-SMR. Let’s step out the Healing cage and in the healing stage. When you’re here…know you aren’t alone in the mess.

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    Hello everyone. I'm Fiona. I'm writing from somewhere past the moon, but still flying high in the foothills of Appalachia. Mom - Blue dot - Southern - healthcare social worker - insatiable -nature lover- Story teller.

  • The Secret Ingredient

    Author of WOOL & THORN: An Inner Child Healing Fable. A blend of spirituality, poetry, psychology, and holistic wellness for the rejected, abandoned, and healing heart.

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