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September 19, 2018

45 by Allie Marini

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…

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…

One's Stance on Resistance

Our rights are never permanent they sway to whims of economy When all becomes automated we may lose all autonomy Resistance, sorrow, and pain genetically stripped away Barbaric cruelty normalized throughout human history Savage apes that harnessed fire, charcoal, language…

Jump Rope Songs for the Supply Chain

Apples and Pear, Cobalt and Shares Roland gave me cobalt, Roland gave me shares, Roland gave me what he had Despite the lung-pain flares I gave him back our trash, I gave him back our stares, I did…

Knight of Arcadia, Ch. 1

'Humanity First,’ the sign held by the well-dressed activist read. Bruce swerved the car to avoid the man and the crowd in which he stood. Hundreds of people were crowding the street and holding signs with similar slogans. Some signs…

My dinner with an anti-Semite in Patagonia

Since retiring in 2012 my partner and I have spent 4-6 weeks each Canadian winter in Latin America studying Spanish. It’s an intensive and rewarding experience on many levels. We arrive early for school five mornings a week, participate in…