Fey Blood

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PROMPT! Zine #1

Prompt: “The big scary monster almost no one can tell you is that you can run away all you want but you can never truly run away.

Description: 

55 first run “glossy” 9 ¾" x 5 ½" inches zines, featuring art and words by David Welper, Tina Gunn, Mar Williams, Ada Roybal-Williams, Tameca L Coleman, Cyndi Williams, Patty Tomsky, Will Tuttle, Ashley Bunn, Natja Soave, Bolonium, and Anonymous. Black and White; 24 pages; Contains one full color sticker by Ada Roybal-Williams, and one business card plus direct links to tshirts, stickers, and music (!).

49 second run toner home printer printed nonglossy versions of this issue are available. These will be sent out when all of the glossies are gone. This version of the zine does not include free stickers. Dimensions: 8 ½" x 5 ½".

50 last run “glossy” 9 ¾" x 5 ½" inches zines, featuring art and words by David Welper, Tina Gunn, Mar Williams, Ada Roybal-Williams, Zoe Tuck, Tameca L Coleman, Cyndi Williams, Patty Tomsky, Will Tuttle, Ashley Bunn, Natja Soave, Bolonium, and Anonymous. Black and White; 24 pages; Contains one full color sticker by Ada Roybal-Williams, and one business card plus direct links to tshirts, stickers, and music (!).

PURCHASE A COPY OF PROMPT! ZINE #1 HERE

[missmorleah]

Tameca did an amazing job putting this zine together, and I don't say that just because I contributed, she really put her heart into this project and the results are beautiful!

[missmorleah]

Fire Season (revisited)

Trees smoulder On the jagged Horizon Ashes blur The edges Of the mountains My eyes slide In and out Of focus Smoke drifts Across the valley Sun glowing Like a molten penny Day slips Dream like In to gloaming ~CDW

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Shadowed

I see your phantom In the eyes Of strangers The sudden smile Of the guy In the drive-thru Beneath The linden trees And I know That it isn't you Leaning against A comcrete wall Smoking a cigarette I know Even as I squint Through my Rain-streaked windshield That you are gone ~CDW

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Summer holds me Fast Fingertips sinking Deep beneath Willing flesh She owns My ragged breath As I sit Mesmerized By dappled light ~CDW

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Hand crocheted Indigo drapes Over horizons Centuries held Within the folds Of foothills Flickering lights Diffused by Millions of careful Stitches ~CDW

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Let darkness come Creeping over treetops Shadows cascading In to the valley Let it try To swallow me This light keeps Shining inadvertently With no regard For nothingness Inexplicably blinding Stretching off In to eternity Violet mornings Limned in ivory ~CDW

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I learned To burn In effigy From the mountain Herself One quiet August morning Be careful With those Sparks You're throwing My eyes Can light An inferno ~CDW

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Not Secret

I see the green Tendrils pushing Growing, bursting Minerals sparking Errant beams Brushing softly Against me Standing in mud Struck dumb Wondering where My enchanted garden Has gone Did it fall With the apple tree? A fundamental Fallacy Of monotheistic Proportions ~CDW

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It's dangerous Pining away After you When your soul Is lost In the ether Caught between Here and there I quite like This feeling Being your Unfinished business ~CDW

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Beneath Crumbling Eaves

My heart beats slow Two-four Ocean kissing Rocky shores At low tide The night runs by Soughing wind Moving through trees Dead leaves Whispering Dissonant harmonies ~CDW

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Raven haired theives And drama queens Who can reach The top shelf You probably think You broke me When you left me To myself You never could see How much silence Means to me I doubt you even Noticed I am taller Than I seem Or that I prefer A sunrise To a night Of debauchery There is plenty left That you could never Steal from me ~CDW

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Spontaneously

I feel the flames rise Flickering In my dry throat Voice catching Like tinder Sparks stuttering Hoarse staccato Meanings waver Knees buckle Beneath the weight Of all these pieces ~CDW

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Time Slips

Through clumsy fingers Leaving marks Like rain Dripping through Rusty sieves Hardly notice The pain Clenched knuckles Holding on Again Diaphanous bits Of memory Floating on Anyway ~CDW

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Still Dreaming

Of walled gardens Herbs sprawling Trees like sentinels Watching over Dancing floors And play yards Tiny waterfalls Speaking secret Languages Hypnotizing ladybugs Whole Sundays lost Contemplating Cloud formation Stretched out On a tattered blanket ~CDW

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Scrying

Visions twist Sinuously Reflections limned In silver moonlight Damp eyes Dazzled by Incandescent bits Of possibility Witching hours Slipping past In breathless Blurred Anticipation Bleak sunlight Sneaking by On bruised feet ~CDW

[missmorleah]

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Beauty is a frequency It resonates in clarity When met with solar energy It might become a melody Sweetly haunting, soft refrain Minor keys that fall like rain Oh! It's an exquisite pain Spinning like a weathervane Shaken out of all control Ancient dance, a heart just knows The way a candle knows to glow Like gravity, but just for souls ~CDW

[missmorleah]

No Place for Sugarplum Fairies

If only the rain Would capitulate Let the snow take Its rightful place Stop drenching Holiday parades I'm tired Of muddy boots Tangled hair Wet face Show me Sparkling white flakes Obscuring everything And please, please Do not melt Until Spring ~CDW