She had said the words ‘this will last forever’ so many times she had begun to wonder if they were a curse; a spell of Hecate’s making, a cauldron bubbling of squandered feelings - unrequited lovemaking and lonely screams into the wind. Photograph & poem: © Kristiana Reed 2019 Between the Trees UK Between the Trees … Continue reading A curse
There are muddy paw prints on the side of the bath and I wonder if he is simply trying to learn how to use it without opposable thumbs or winding me up, knowing how much I dislike cleaning the bath at the best of times, trying to scrub away my tide mark; a tide mark … Continue reading Paw prints
There was girl who held the world in her eyes. It spun on its axis and her pupils dilated as she realised how much strength she carried in her bones and the love she could bear between her hands. © Kristiana Reed 2018
Her hands are the shadow of the little girl hidden behind adult clothes and a career. Still, she holds them palms up, waiting. Or she grapples with the ropes of a pulley system she will never master; it always ends with a make shift noose. Her hands are blistered from carrying the coals she … Continue reading Little Girl Hidden
She clothes him in my nudity shrouds him in my tumbling hair and her touch burns pink like candle lit kisses. She breathes in cinnamon she’s fiery and warm, her cold thawing passion washing his unholy hands and feet with my presence. She worships the moon and the sun and the stars when … Continue reading The Woman He Sees
Since beginning Brave and Reckless in 2016, becoming a member of several collectives, a founder member of Indie Blu(e) and establishing herself as an editor, Christine E. Ray's presence on WordPress and online has been keenly felt. It comes as a surprise then that Composition of a Woman is her debut poetry release. However, every … Continue reading Review of Composition of a Woman, Christine E. Ray
Composition of a Woman is currently available on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca (Canada) and Amazon Europe ( Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr,Amazon.it, and Amazon.es.) It should be available of Book Depository and Barnes & Noble soon. Signed copies of Composition of a Woman are also available on the Sudden Denouement Etsy site. Watch this incredible video by Dena Daigle for taste of Christine E Ray's gorgeous work and unmatched talent: … Continue reading Christine E Ray’s Composition of a Woman, out now!
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Reading a book in the window seat. Glass of water, carrots, cabbage and mince. I wrote this poem, if you can even call it that, in a restaurant at lunch time. This restaurant is cosy, small but always busy; a place for families, friends and young couples. Therefore, it was a surprise to watch as … Continue reading The Usual Jenny
Smile like a crescent moon until the fullness of your lips he never kissed sends him into a tailspin. Walk with the confidence you thought you’d lost when he turned you down but in fact you grew instead. Laugh like a hyena, like a kitten, like you while he reels off pick up … Continue reading Hell Hath No Fury
