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Sideline Ho

December 30, 2020 The Hellebore

(for Monica, #Verzuz, and Black pandemonium) You sure you ain’tAmerica’s Ho too You sure youain’t wreckage A gutted house ontwice…

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Posted in: Issue Six: Red Velvet Filed under: Danielle P. Williams, Literary Journal, Poetry, Poetry Press, The Hellebore Press

Taking down the treehouse

July 16, 2020 The Hellebore

blood blister’s rosy head rose up on my palm. The hammer’s rubber grip rubbed the grooves and divots, not, surprisingly,…

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Posted in: Issue Five: Black Moss, Poetry Filed under: Literary Magazine, Poetry, Poetry Press, Seán Griffin, The Hellebore, The Hellebore Press

spun glass

June 3, 2020 The Hellebore

molten threadshardened into delicate beautyeasily shatteredhandle with care silent while intactbut when broken, each piece chimes oncea cryas it separates…

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Posted in: Issue Five: Black Moss, Poetry Filed under: Amanda McLeod, Literary Magazine, Poetry, Poetry Press, The Hellebore Press

Forests are Fragile Now

June 2, 2020 The Hellebore

unless you are woodpecker, do not tap: leavebark unscarred by your etched remembrances: treesbleed                      (bark splits like parched skin, oozing raw)…

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Posted in: Issue Five: Black Moss, Poetry Filed under: Jude Marr, Literary Magazine, Poetry, Poetry Press, The Hellebore Press

Thinking of Central America When the Baby Dies

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for Kaya Jacobs You can’t see me,but I trudge through a maze of sacuanjoche petals,the pollen staining my pants and…

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Posted in: Issue Five: Black Moss, Poetry Filed under: Immigration, Poetry, Poetry Press, Refugees, The Hellebore Press, Tricia Lopez

Half Girl, Half

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My mother dreams of a tooth falling out and someone dies.She tells me in the morning as my father sleeps,…

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Posted in: Issue Five: Black Moss, Poetry Filed under: Adelina Sarkisyan, Indie Press, Literary Magazine, Poetry, Poetry Press

Flower Bud

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are you afraidof the little flower budthat mightor might notgrow inside me?or do you cravethe bloombecause it meansyou and I…

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Posted in: Issue Five: Black Moss, Poetry Filed under: Diane Callahan, Indie Press, Literary Magazien, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Press

We’re Not Astronauts Yet

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What could the air see if it had eyes?If it could just see some of what it’s wrapped around,if it…

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Posted in: Issue Five: Black Moss, Poetry Filed under: Indie Press, Indie Publishing, Poetry, Poetry Press, Sam Cochrane, The Hellebore Press

Social Distancing

April 2, 2020 The Hellebore Leave a comment

inspired by the poetry community on Twitter No one told the flowers / about / social distancing. / Or the…

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Posted in: Poetry Filed under: California Poets, Poetry, Poetry Press, Sarah Marquez, Social Distancing

Imperial Valley (2003 – 2009)

January 5, 2020 The Hellebore Leave a comment

When we talk about Calexico my father always wants to go / back he had everything / the biggesthouse in…

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Posted in: Issue Four: Bloodroot, Poetry Filed under: Emma Stewart, Indie Press, Literary Journal, Poetry, Poetry Press, The Hellebore Press

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