Allie Marini is a cross-genre writer holding degrees from both Antioch University of Los Angeles & New College of Florida. She has published a number of chapbooks, including Pictures from the Center of The Universe (Paper Nautilus, winner of the Vella Prize) and Southern Cryptozoology: A Field Guide to Beasts of the Southern Wild (Hyacinth Girl Press, finalist for the SFPA’s Elgin Award) In addition to her work on the page, Allie was a member of Oakland’s 2017 National Slam Team. A native Floridian now freezing to death in the Bay Area, Allie writes poetry, fiction, and essays. Find her online: www.alliemarini.com.
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How to Write a Headline Without Telling the Whole Story
Please click below to read Allie Marini's poem, "How to Write a Headline Without Telling the Whole Story," which was written using a newspaper headline where an unarmed civilian was killed by police (2015). How to Write a Headline Without…
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The Ocean Listens
Geneva peace talks on a subject of the lives not living in the crematorium heat of a Damascus prison only break bread between those not given a holy perspective on the horrors they’ve driven. Flour, water and time - a…
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1946
Snowflakes blew sideways down Main Street in Richmond, Virginia. It was Valentine's Day. Newlyweds, James and Betty Smith cuddled inside the trolley car. Betty took the cuff of her coat and brushed it across the window. Snow powdered brick buildings,…
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70, 868 Acres
On the asphalt at the turnaround, we wrote in chalk, in the largest letters: Two homes, flume access Water resources 16,500 gallon pool Fire hose bibs at corners of house Three 1000 gallon tanks drawn from well When it may…
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you don't want to remember
TW for sexual assault you know by now you know character traits and character acting like a fool in love with yourself you sit alone lonely grayed voices call clear and you comeback why and ask why when by now…
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How Fast Can You Run?
Click the link below to read this wonderful poem by Marissa Glover. How Fast Can You Run? by Marissa Glover Marissa Glover teaches and writes in central Florida, where she spends most of her time sweating. Her poetry has…
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