Bride of Sound

Joined January 2021

18 stories

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Writer, visual artist & singer from the Midwest. I like to watch horror movies & hallmark, & play pool. Favorite books- The Martian Chronicles & Watership Down. Favorite poet- Sylvia Plath.

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Haiku for the Harp
knees anchor your frame my fingers, your strings entwine melody ignites
By Bride of Sound2 days ago in Poets
Winter’s Thaw
pickled berry toes sting when the water dresses thaw before unfurl
By Bride of Sound2 days ago in Poets
Pill Winter
pill winter- fires burning holes in my pocket fuel the labyrinth
By Bride of Sound2 days ago in Poets
Hummingbird Heart
hummingbird heart purrs and melts- nestled on my breast we sleep in our den
By Bride of Sound2 days ago in Poets
Instructions on How to Disappear
Act 1 – Seduce the Crowd Good sir! Madame! Step right up And behold: The amazing Disappearing woman. Act 2 – Perform a Sleight of Hand
By Bride of Sound5 months ago in Poets
Instructions on How to-. Content Warning.
You coveted me for months— an eternity in tides, extracting each grain of sand from under my fingernails. Enamored by my skin—
By Bride of Sound5 months ago in Poets
I Never Told You
I’ve felt a pattern in my life, I forget and I’m reminded Someone else’s first, sooner I liked you even more, You changed from something I want, to a need, to a chore
By Bride of Sound6 months ago in Poets
Checking In. Honorable Mention in Things You Can’t Say Out Loud Challenge. Content Warning.
When I call to check in after days of avoiding— your silence, frustration, the cathedral of agony— you might answer: I’m hanging in there,
By Bride of Sound6 months ago in Poets
Swallowing Gods
Paralyzed by my shadow’s overbite, I claw open your swollen mud cocoon. Enshrined, spared from rot’s bloom. Sun-flayed shrivel. Maggot breath.
By Bride of Sound6 months ago in Poets
Syrenka
Come to me underwater. In liquid light, I shine like a princess and grant promises with great bounty. ~ Follow my trail of lip-pressed bubbles
By Bride of Sound6 months ago in Poets
The Night Cap. Honorable Mention in Light Breaks Water Challenge.
Sunlight meanders in and floods the linen tablecloth in bars. “Belonged to Grandmother,” you say, “and will be yours, some fateful day.”
By Bride of Sound6 months ago in Poets
An Unapologetic Letter
I want you to know I stole your man and I didn’t do it out of some quest for the truth or because I’m a good person who saw that he was tormented
By Bride of Sound7 months ago in Poets

Bride of Sound

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Haiku for the Harp

Winter’s Thaw

Pill Winter

Hummingbird Heart

Instructions on How to Disappear

Instructions on How to-. Content Warning.

I Never Told You

Checking In. Honorable Mention in Things You Can’t Say Out Loud Challenge. Content Warning.

Swallowing Gods

Syrenka

The Night Cap. Honorable Mention in Light Breaks Water Challenge.

An Unapologetic Letter

Achievements (2)