Sitting on a brick wall, a girl struggles with rejection and with her identity.
Tag Archive for Femininity
Poetry
Trying Again… After Breakfast
In sensual style, this poem moans for a chance to make breakfast before giving her another try.
Creative Essay
I Didn’t Know
At thirteen, this girl wanted to be wanted. When she says no to sex, she learns she does not yet want herself.
Poetry
Complex Fruit
A concise metaphor on gender.
Short Story
The Undreaming
Published just before her twentieth birthday, a prolific and gifted writer’s final contribution to this website. Of it, she writes, “This story takes place in old Nepal, during the Rana regime when the Rana family had control over the country and borrowed richly from the British Raj.”
Poetry
One for the Ladies
An informal pseudo-poem about handling praise in an age of “liberated women.”
Poetry
Mothering Kind
Frustration with femininity.
Poetry
Paper Demons
An image of beauty.