"Come out, come
out, as they really are — come out with their hoods
between their legs."
We've been on hiatus lately; we hope to return soon. In the meanwhile, this poem we published in 2017 by the amazing @amyshimshon feels very appropriate for today. https://t.co/T2r7O2Sg32
.@LadyLibertyLit has been on an unintended hiatus for the last few months--we hope to get back up & running soon. In the meanwhile, we're moved to re-share this powerful and now so timely 2017 piece about grief and fire by Hannah Harris. Stay safe, all.❤️ https://t.co/Msvs6w6YpN
"the storm of bullets on our own/red-rocked planet." We're grateful to publish this stunning poem by Clark County Poet Laureate @Heather__Lang__ written in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shootings, accompanied by one of her evocative photos https://t.co/3XW1WYboWo
"I’m done watching the patriarchy burn,
but never fall to the ground."
We are honored to publish two breathtaking poems by Kathryn de Lancellotti. 🔥🔥🔥
https://t.co/dgZ9vWfG55
"when you feed
Yourself, let it be a communion
With the heron who lands
In the ash tree."
In her gorgeous poem, @PremoSteele reminds us we can make Easter our own--an opportunity for deeper embodiment and renewal. https://t.co/6dZZgKkvNm
As we are all asked to fill out the 2020 census, @LaDeziree asks us to look at different ways we've been officially counted and discounted and labeled. https://t.co/NfJUlLJoJF
Our reader @AndreaAutenArts had her essay "The Takers" reprinted in @LadyLibertyLit:
"My town erased Beth. We planted a tree in a far corner of the school. The funeral was moderately attended, held downtown. Students got pizza afterward."
https://t.co/jTXQSBr4hc
As the Trump administration deploys thousands of troops, @MWAIT53 reminds us of the deeply human, deeply personal cost of war in her stunning poem, "The Day My Husband Came Home from the Endless War the Sky Split Open" https://t.co/deOdtBJStT
"...My belly,
the veins in my legs and vulva, hung
like ripe bunches of grapes,
pounding with all that extra blood"
We love this visceral poem about pregnancy and motherhood by @BronBateman https://t.co/08vF5iZB3E
"I got up with a debatable grace and pound for pound/
I was broken down to what brought me here" We are grateful to publish this potent poem about mental illness by Uzomah Ugwu https://t.co/RCpagkDAtG
Lady/Liberty/Lit is proud to announce our Pushcart Nominations:
Kink Shaming by @grntjnprsanford
Don’t Forget for a Minute That When You Think You’re Safe the Sky Is Lying (After the X-Files) by @ek_anderson
Floridian White Paint by Victoria Alvarez
Congrats!! 💜🗽💜
"We have to learn to hope/like that. We have to embrace the fearlessness of whistle-/blowers who exhale a sigh for all to wake up, stop, consider//the implication of what we do each day." We're grateful for whistleblowers and for @lisacheby's timely poem ❤️https://t.co/eglkWwdaTW
"Although my pain is familiar, my body is not. My body and I are separate, but we are both angry." We're grateful to publish this beautiful, moving story by @linzy_garcia https://t.co/D6uHMzD6fS
"Ms. A, can you tell us why you’re so afraid of masks?
When you get through high school, college, or trade school, and get out into the world, pursuing who you’ve practiced to become, I will tell you." Thank you for telling us, @andreaauten https://t.co/OpHknUMf5B