#allison armstrong

[lifeinpoetry]

The river is low            almost calm We sip peach cider share nachos on a patio ringed with crocuses wave to the waning moon There’s a metaphor here, too Something about sweetness About how things move in circles About coming back to life again                       again

— Allison Armstrong, from “Lebreton Flats Spring Day,” published in L’Éphémère Review

[yespoetry]

Allison Armstrong: Umbilical Roots

Metamorphosis

Breathe deep all the way down to the clay bowl of my ishium my need resides here desperate and hungry

Umbilical roots aren't pretty but they slop out of me burrow deep curl around granite like a fist holding on

Indrawing certainty The rose at the base of my spine opens blooms between solid thighs

This poem originally appeared in our ebook The Queer Body.

Allison Armstrong is a queer leather femme, a kitchen witch, and a Professional Naked Girl, living on an ancient seabed, and unceded Algonquin territory, in Ottawa where she writes poetry, reads tarot, and makes things with her hands. She has work published, or forthcoming, in Moonchild Magazine, Bywords.ca, Red Queen Literary Magazine, L'Éphémère Review, and Hustling Verse, among others. Follow her adventures on twitter @amazon_syren.

[feelinqueezy-blog]

“Pumpkin Hours are the times in which the enchanted coach turns back into a pumpkin and cannot give anyone a ride.”

[happyfitrunnergirl]

Understanding Men and Women: Why They See Things Differently? Men and Women live in the same world, so why do they see it so differently? Renowned relationship expert, Alison Armstrong, provides answers that are provocative and profound in this entertaining. fully animated Prager University course, the first in a new series.