ripe
Photo by Angie Shenouda By Angie Shenouda is this one ready? i ask but i think i know the answer. she tilts her head. hmmm. i don’t know… maybe. i’ve never seen a peach look so perfect, a warm sunset on fuzzy skin, orange yellows reds in harmony as if birthed by delicate brush strokes.… Continue reading ripe
The Dreamland Playlist
Zzzz… This month’s playlist is in honor of hitting the snooze button and floating off to dreamland. Don’t let the bed bugs bite. Listen to the playlist here Lianelys Cabrera “Still Dreaming” by Raveena If there’s something dreamy in this world, that is Raveena’s voice, especially in this song because of all the simplistic but… Continue reading The Dreamland Playlist
A Trip to Dreamland
Photo by Tracy Fuentes For this month, we wanted to take our readers to Dreamland. Dreams are quite important in our lives, as we experience them nightly for hours at a time. Here Kindergarten contributors explore some of their dreams – the good, the bad, and the in-between. Tracy Fuentes Unfortunately, my recurring dreams are… Continue reading A Trip to Dreamland
past lives
Photo by Angie Shenouda By Angie Shenouda the tug of unbrushed hair in the wind, missing tooth smiles, laughs with glimpses of black tongues from licking powerpuff girl popsicles with gumballs for eyes- wide eyes, smooth skin, the neighbors dog barking, driveway gravel crunch nipping feet under worn out sneakers, sweet whiffs of laundry from… Continue reading past lives
seed cemetery
Photo by Angie Shenouda By Angie Shenouda in the early mourning of the wake he snuggles two fingers into the damp earth where he lies his head and heart to rest in a field of faux goodbyes and promises unspoken- a burial ground- he lowers the casket full of seeds, nothing but damp soil for… Continue reading seed cemetery
who i’d like to trade places with (in no particular order)
Photo by Angie Shenouda By Angie Shenouda the mother at the self checkout line next to me with chocolate milk in her cart the baby poisonous scorpion i found under my bed and almost stepped on last summer the man we saw on the way home selling bundles of pastel flowers with his wife the… Continue reading who i’d like to trade places with (in no particular order)
where dandelions grow
Photo by Lianelys Cabrera By Angie Shenouda i roll out of bed before 1pm and water my plants for the first time in months i throw away a dozen empty water bottles and free the floor of dirty laundry i roll open the bathroom drawer and throw away six flattened crest tubes i told myself… Continue reading where dandelions grow
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