NEWS
The Adult/Child Syndrome
“The Thoughts of a Homeless Child. Part 1” By: Shyloh Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . Growing up “too fast” is something I’ve worried about for a long time. I’ll be nineteen in a few weeks and I feel like I’m turning forty. I’ve been through more than a lot […]
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OCTOBER POETRY CORNER
Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . EMPTINESS By: Julie Loomis I wander through a house, can’t find my way out. Panic sets in and I run, my heart beating as I scream. Lost in a empty house, my agony echoes through; Long hallways lead nowhere, I don’t know what to […]
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SAMHAIN
By: Gerri Graves Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . End of Harvest season and the beginning of the dark half of the year. Feasts, offerings and celebratory bonfires (used as a sort of cleansing). The veil between the underworld and our world is thinnest on the 31st and 1st of […]
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TWO YEARS HOUSED
By: Viola Word on the Street Issue 47, September 2024 . . . I moved into my trailer 2 years ago this month. I was previously homeless for 5 years. Bouncing around from friends, family, motels and shelters. I was housed in Seattle but left my apartment because my ex was stalking my apartment and […]
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