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      mangalfrshta
      • Oct 27, 2021
      • 1 min

      What Once Was:Amber Castellanos

      Aged wooden chairs in the summer of 2011 gnarled with antiqueness and crayon stains I can still find them if I look hard enough colored...
      24 views0 comments
      mangalfrshta
      • Oct 20, 2021
      • 1 min

      Spitting- Image by Amber Castellanos

      She was gone before I could even comprehend what death was. for the longest time she was just the one who could never sit still for a...
      20 views0 comments
      mangalfrshta
      • Oct 13, 2021
      • 2 min

      Why I Hate Weed by Amber Castellanos

      I learned in D.A.R.E about the pointy plant that grows in the ground earned a T-shirt and a dance for a promise That Beats in my stomach...
      23 views0 comments
      mangalfrshta
      • Oct 6, 2021
      • 1 min

      From This High by Amber Castellanos

      You use to be my favorite view I watched as you danced around my carcass Like the Windigo begging for more More you whispered and I...
      15 views0 comments
      mangalfrshta
      • Sep 29, 2021
      • 1 min

      Glimmer by Amber Castellanos

      I'll shine like a glimmer on the river The one you see on the freeway as you pass El Monte Where the homeless linger in the bushes Their...
      17 views0 comments
      mangalfrshta
      • Sep 8, 2021
      • 4 min

      DC Diamondopolous [Fiction]

      1992 A black cloud of smoke near the intersection of Florence and Normandie drifted toward Mrs. Kim’s California Dry Cleaning store in...
      83 views0 comments
      Kind Writers
      • Sep 1, 2021
      • 1 min

      Gerard Sarnat [Poetry]

      POET READING THE NEWS [3] 1. Space Balls 3: Pox On Third Rock From The Sun Jeff Bezos calls for moving ‘all polluting industry into...
      13 views0 comments
      Oldies Goodies by Frshta Mangal
      mangalfrshta
      • Apr 28, 2021
      • 2 min

      Oldies Goodies by Frshta Mangal

      Quote of the day: “There are those who give joy, and that joy is their reward” – Kahlil Gibran. I spend a lot of time driving because of...
      16 views0 comments
      diary for today | Ghosts 4.21.21
      Kind Writers
      • Apr 21, 2021
      • 3 min

      diary for today | Ghosts 4.21.21

      Hello again everybody! I’m popping back in to make another post for this wonderful blog. As I was mulling over what to talk about, it...
      21 views0 comments
      mangalfrshta
      • Apr 15, 2021
      • 2 min

      Your Story By Marisela Gomez

      I grew up watching telenovelas with my mother and sister. We would laugh, cry and immerse ourselves in the dreams of our heroine, while...
      22 views0 comments
      Notes on Digging by Annabelle Bonebrake
      mangalfrshta
      • Apr 7, 2021
      • 2 min

      Notes on Digging by Annabelle Bonebrake

      Digging is a process of uncovering, getting past everyday consciousness into the movements of poetry. In everyday life, we live in a...
      26 views0 comments
      diary for today | Ramblings - March 31, 2021
      Kind Writers
      • Apr 1, 2021
      • 1 min

      diary for today | Ramblings - March 31, 2021

      On the verge of April, a warmer-than-usual day wakes me from my sleep. I wipe the sleep from my eyes, and blink at the time on my phone....
      3 views0 comments
      Kind Writers
      • Mar 24, 2021
      • 2 min

      Image: Excerpt from Voces de las Mujeres in My FamilyBy Marisela Gomez

      m: Ella te ve en mi cuando se enoja. Me dice que tengo tus orejas y soy igual de sorda. Ella te recuerda / solo cuando no la quiero...
      6 views0 comments
      Rugrats, A progressive show by Frshta Mangal
      Kind Writers
      • Mar 17, 2021
      • 3 min

      Rugrats, A progressive show by Frshta Mangal

      Have you ever had a role model and you didn’t even know it? I have and her name was Angelica Pickles. Angelica Pickles was the...
      19 views0 comments
      Kind Writers
      • Mar 10, 2021
      • 3 min

      Interstate: Expert from Voces de la Mujeres in My Family By Marisela Gomez

      m: Vivías en una memoria, enlodada y sin sol. Solo vivías en esa memoria, / solo existías en esa memoria. M: My mother’s hands wrapped...
      5 views0 comments
      Shrimp Souffle by Annabelle Bonebrake
      Kind Writers
      • Mar 3, 2021
      • 2 min

      Shrimp Souffle by Annabelle Bonebrake

      Shrimp Souffle “When people can email me the shrimp souffle instead of the recipe for it, then I’ll get email!” -Diane De Prima, First...
      13 views0 comments
      Gold by Frshta Mangal
      Frshta Mangal
      • Feb 24, 2021
      • 4 min

      Gold by Frshta Mangal

      When I was a senior in high school, I really wanted to give the senior speech but I wasn’t valedictorian and I wasn’t the senior class...
      17 views0 comments
      I Found Her | Marisela Gomez
      Kind Writers
      • Feb 10, 2021
      • 4 min

      I Found Her | Marisela Gomez

      A woman made of fall leaves keeps visiting my dreams. It's strange, I can't see a clear female body, but I know that it is a woman made...
      8 views0 comments
       Book Review: The Only Light Coming In | Joseph Hardy
      Kind Writers
      • Feb 3, 2021
      • 2 min

      Book Review: The Only Light Coming In | Joseph Hardy

      Poetry suggests something different than any other kind of writing. It asks of us to imagine a world in which the reader has to slow...
      8 views0 comments
      The Gifting Of Us | Cole Turner
      Kind Writers
      • Jan 20, 2021
      • 1 min

      The Gifting Of Us | Cole Turner

      Holidays are usually filled with opening gifts, family, and a lot of food. The early Christmases of my childhood consisted of the gifts...
      8 views0 comments
      diary for today | Movement. - Jacqueline Molina
      Kind Writers
      • Jan 20, 2021
      • 1 min

      diary for today | Movement. - Jacqueline Molina

      today i finally cleaned my corner of the room. an old, yet-to-be-used easel. the heap of dusty sketchbooks, now a home for tiny mites and...
      4 views0 comments
      Artist Highlight | Kim Young 2020
      Kind Writers
      • Dec 9, 2020
      • 5 min

      Artist Highlight | Kim Young 2020

      When did you first identify yourself as a poet/artist? I’ve been carrying around these little notebooks, writing things down in them...
      15 views0 comments
      Old Year, New Year | Annabelle Bonebrake
      Kind Writers
      • Dec 2, 2020
      • 1 min

      Old Year, New Year | Annabelle Bonebrake

      I love endings. The sweet sorrow of December is upon us, and I’m hanging lights and making plans in spite of it all. We’ve solved the...
      7 views0 comments
      Radio Waves | Jacqueline Molina
      Kind Writers
      • Nov 25, 2020
      • 2 min

      Radio Waves | Jacqueline Molina

      Some days I wake up with a song playing in my head. Maybe it doesn’t happen right when I wake up. Maybe it’s at work, at the times when...
      7 views0 comments
      Nombre: Excerpt from Voces de las Mujeres in My Family | Marisela Gomez
      Kind Writers
      • Nov 19, 2020
      • 2 min

      Nombre: Excerpt from Voces de las Mujeres in My Family | Marisela Gomez

      m: Tu nombre aparece en momentos sin importancia en la carretera, camino a casa y una canción recordando a un padre suena sin previo...
      17 views0 comments
      Literary Traditions | Annabelle Bonebrake
      Kind Writers
      • Nov 5, 2020
      • 3 min

      Literary Traditions | Annabelle Bonebrake

      I started writing letters this month. Handwritten, enveloped, stamped-and-mailed letters. I sent them to friends I’ve known for years,...
      17 views0 comments
      This Halloween, Do It For Yourself | Annabelle Bonebrake
      Kind Writers
      • Oct 22, 2020
      • 2 min

      This Halloween, Do It For Yourself | Annabelle Bonebrake

      Like many ghouls, as soon as I sense the light shift in August, I start dreaming of Halloween. I grew up in a suburban house full of...
      9 views0 comments
      Participating In The Magic Of Who We Are | Cole Turner
      Kind Writers
      • Oct 15, 2020
      • 3 min

      Participating In The Magic Of Who We Are | Cole Turner

      Growing up, Halloween was a very different Holiday for me than it was for my friends. My parents, particularly my mom, was very...
      18 views0 comments
      Capsaicin: Chiles con Sal | By Marisela Gomez
      Kind Writers
      • Oct 8, 2020
      • 3 min

      Capsaicin: Chiles con Sal | By Marisela Gomez

      A mother sat across her young son at her kitchen table with a basket of yellow chilies in the center. The morning sun and sea breeze...
      13 views0 comments
      Blueberries | Shayleene MacReynolds
      Kind Writers
      • Oct 1, 2020
      • 2 min

      Blueberries | Shayleene MacReynolds

      I was at the market not too long ago, when a woman in line dropped a box of blueberries. I watched as they went everywhere, and in every...
      11 views0 comments
      Stage 6 | Marisela Gomez
      Kind Writers
      • Sep 24, 2020
      • 4 min

      Stage 6 | Marisela Gomez

      Sequel to Karen Russell’s “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” By Marisela Gomez The parents howled and each gave me one last...
      21 views0 comments
      Declaring War on Language by Shayleene MacReynolds
      Kind Writers
      • Sep 17, 2020
      • 3 min

      Declaring War on Language by Shayleene MacReynolds

      A professional career coach taught me that the single greatest contributor to any workplace conflict begins with a breakdown in...
      10 views0 comments
      Kindness in the time of COVID: The Importance of Practicing Self-Kindness by J. Jeff Ray
      Kind Writers
      • Sep 10, 2020
      • 3 min

      Kindness in the time of COVID: The Importance of Practicing Self-Kindness by J. Jeff Ray

      As I write this, the United States is entering its fifth—or sixth, who is counting anymore?—month in the battle against the deadly...
      11 views0 comments
      How Quarantine Can Be Seen As a Gift
      Kind Writers
      • Sep 3, 2020
      • 3 min

      How Quarantine Can Be Seen As a Gift

      Announced on March 29th was a precaution taken against the Coronavirus. What was that precaution? Social distancing and staying away from...
      15 views0 comments
      Empathy Machine: Empathy in 2019 Films | Zac Oldenburg
      Kind Writers
      • Aug 26, 2020
      • 2 min

      Empathy Machine: Empathy in 2019 Films | Zac Oldenburg

      Movies have been around for over 100 years now, and ever since then they have been about putting yourself in someone else's shoes. What...
      22 views0 comments
      An Oath of Ethics By Shayleene MacReynolds
      Kind Writers
      • Aug 19, 2020
      • 3 min

      An Oath of Ethics By Shayleene MacReynolds

      My father always said that what is written is forever. In today’s technological age, that certainly seems to be the case. We are...
      29 views0 comments
      Reading the Map By Annabelle Bonebrake
      Kind Writers
      • Aug 12, 2020
      • 6 min

      Reading the Map By Annabelle Bonebrake

      We deploy the police for so much. We do it so easily and so casually and so habitually. And the only thing making me feel somewhat good...
      36 views0 comments
      Ten Acts of Kindness to Make the World a Better Place By Frshta Mangal
      mangalfrshta
      • Aug 5, 2020
      • 5 min

      Ten Acts of Kindness to Make the World a Better Place By Frshta Mangal

      Kindness is an overused word. Many folks define kindness differently... Kindness is simple. It’s something we can all add to our lives.
      75 views0 comments

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