Chelsey Burden

Joined March 2021

15 stories

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Freelance writer, proofreader, and library specialist with an affinity for tortoises.

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Blackberry Bushes in Oak Creek. Runner-Up in Sensational Challenge.
How sweet it would be to pass every blackberry bush by. To smell the fruit ripening in the sun, to savor the flavor inside my mind
By Chelsey Burden3 years ago in Poets
Unearthing
Am I still in there? Human heart as time capsule or Schrodinger's box
By Chelsey Burden3 years ago in Poets
Obsidian Panther
Of late, there has been a panther at my back. In my dreams I catch small glimpses In my dreams I run like hell
By Chelsey Burden3 years ago in Poets
Like Some Moonflower
She says she wants to keep me a secret. Queer love like some moonflower blooming only in darkness. And yes, that nectar is sweet
By Chelsey Burden4 years ago in Poets
The Girl among the Geese. First Place in After the Parade Challenge.
Once, communion wine tried to drown them, the winged things. So I let nothing in, nothing out. Butterflies in my stomach
By Chelsey Burden4 years ago in Poets
The Sweet Haunting . Runner-Up in Return of the Night Owl Challenge.
"I think he's ghosting me," my friend Sarah says, handing me a cup of tea and joining me at her kitchen table. "Who?" I say.
By Chelsey Burden4 years ago in Fiction
Plenty of Fish in the Aquarium
Even though it seems like Vanessa has fun being in the Aquatic Life department at PetWorld with me, I think the reason she likes Will is because he is in Grooming. I bet she likes the way he has such command of the dogs. How when they are on the metal table awaiting a nail-trimming or brushing or haircut, he demands their obedience. How he takes control of their (sometimes) large, muscular bodies. Vanessa seems slippery like a fish herself, and wild. Maybe she wants him to tame her. I bet she fantasizes about him fearlessly shampooing a snarling German Shepard. If only she could see that he’s just working at a glorified dog salon.
By Chelsey Burden4 years ago in Fiction
A Town Meant for Passing Through
In a town meant for passing through, there are some things that stay. Living along the highway, there’s the light yellow
By Chelsey Burden4 years ago in Poets
The House of My Heart
Your body is a billion years old if you consider the ingredients. Bound to eternity and finite form, we are nothing new, my sweet. We may have met before—
By Chelsey Burden4 years ago in Poets
Colors Through the Storm: a Ghazal for LGBTQ Pride
Angered veins purpling like dark clouds grew the storm Blue in the face with their hate, they brew the storm Their torrents of shame shroud the world in greys
By Chelsey Burden5 years ago in Poets
Desert Colors That Compose Us
In a town meant for passing through, there are some things that stay. Living along the highway, there’s the light yellow
By Chelsey Burden5 years ago in Poets
The Color of Sunlight
She says she wants to keep me a secret. Queer love like some moonflower blooming only in darkness. And yes, that nectar is sweet
By Chelsey Burden5 years ago in Poets

Chelsey Burden

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Blackberry Bushes in Oak Creek. Runner-Up in Sensational Challenge.

Unearthing

Obsidian Panther

Like Some Moonflower

The Girl among the Geese. First Place in After the Parade Challenge.

The Sweet Haunting . Runner-Up in Return of the Night Owl Challenge.

Plenty of Fish in the Aquarium

A Town Meant for Passing Through

The House of My Heart

Colors Through the Storm: a Ghazal for LGBTQ Pride

Desert Colors That Compose Us

The Color of Sunlight

Achievements (4)