Poetic Musings

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.