But for a moment
Breathless, burning,
But for a moment
Life has beauty.
Burning, intensity,
But for a second
The wind is still.
Intensity, passion,
But for a quiver
Fear has meaning.
Passion, breathless,
But for the rapture
You wait
to exhale.
(2013)
A selection of poetry to experience and explore.
Poetry Publications
Yellow Chair Review, March 2016 – “Super Bowl CTE“
Tuck Magazine, March 2016 – “Imagine If” and “May 21”
The Ekphrastic Review, March 2016 – “Simon Says”
Every Day Poems, April 2016 – “Do Not Touch”
Mirissa D. Price, April 2016 – “The Liebster”
Five2One Magazine, April 2016 – “Shhh…,” “Scrambled and Fried,” “Go First,” “But for a Moment,” and “A Copy With No Template”
Black Napkin Press, May 2016, Inaugural Issue – “for milk” & “Anatomy of the Human Mind”
Dying Dahlia Review, May 2016 – “Reaching TLC” and “How To Write A Novel”
Scarlet Leaf Review, May 2016 – “The Differential Diagnosis of Terror,” “One Click Away,” and “Wait For The Second Ring”
Yellow Chair Review, May 2016, Rock The Chair Winner – “p. 54 of a non-fiction“
Ink in Thirds, June 2016 – “The Color of an Oscar”
Yellow Chair Review, June 2016 – “Memory No. 4”
WOLVES, July 2016 – “Coming of Layers”
The Starving Artist, July 2016 – “Illiterate to Equality”
Ink in Thirds, October 2016 – “I Didn’t Think Katrina”
Wildflower Muse, November 2016 – “Like A Dream,” “In Startled Silence,” “I am Woman,” “I Am Sorry For Your Loss”
Doctors Who Create, November 11, 2016 – “Inspired”
Doctors Who Create, November 17, 2016 – “Cadaver 4”
Doctors Who Create, November 30, 2016 – “An Open Letter to You, My Patients”
Tuck Magazine, February 20, 2016 – “This is a protest.”
Scarlet Leaf Review, June 15, 2017 – “Fondling a Lie,” “Today, I Tell Myself,” “I stopped watching the news”
Tuck Magazine, September 11, 2017 – “Someone once told me a story”
Scarlet Leaf Review, 3 poems published November 15, 2017 – “Terrified, screaming woman murdered by boyfriend before his suicide in Lakewood,” “We just stop singing,” “When I open a book”
Tuck Magazine, January 22, 2018 – “Another Woman Like Me”
Short Story Publications
Corvus Review, July 2016 – “It’s Here”
(Stay tuned for links to more forthcoming publications!)
© 2017 Mirissa D. Price: A Dental Student, A Writer, A Journey to Share.
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