Author Archives: westvalleyvoices
Divine Putrefaction
Harlow Esch – Digital
Something Beyond Me
Fabian Diaz – Photography
Beauty in The Rot
Makaria Rufanova – Digital
Beneath
Fuji Harmon – Digital
Day and Night
By Cristy Arreola The sunset looks nice It has a hint of spice But midnight is here What will I hear? My walk is really nice It’s such a delight When no one is here I can hear you so clear They try to distract me I tell them, Try and bring down the moon? Continue reading “Day and Night”
He Painted the Porch of his Pain Haint Blue
By Sarah Gilmore Herman looked in the mirror And saw the dead Looking at him from the trees Rope around their necks Swinging them like fruit Bitter juice dripping from their bulging eyes Onto the leaves Strange fruit Rotting in the southern heat Herman looked in the mirror When others saw glass He saw ghosts Continue reading “He Painted the Porch of his Pain Haint Blue”
As Above, So Below
By Elias Cauchy The tree outside the window How she twists and climbs Reaching ever upward To pierce the sky itself And the hummingbird’s nest That waits ever so patiently In the understory of her foliage Where the swaying branches Make a song so serene Like paradise The roots beneath the soil How they burrowContinue reading “As Above, So Below”
Brave Men Run In My Family
By Lucas Temple “You here? There’s a war brewing all around the continent”. My mother said as she picked at her plate. “Yes, I did, dear”. My father replied, after swallowing his food. It was dinner time, and in our small house the candles all around us gave us light. The night sky was pitchContinue reading “Brave Men Run In My Family”
Bloody Sink
by Gwyndolyn Szobozlay “Three reminders Starshine.” I recognize the nickname, dull light flickering through my eyelids. A crisp smile and denim jacket. Orla. Auntie O. Only a decade older than me. My mother’s kid sis. A sort of “cool aunt”.. The kind of aunt who is really more of an older sister, than a realContinue reading “Bloody Sink”
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