In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along. When we first met, I saw your eyes, And felt a stirring from inside, And though I tried to stop my heart, To you it flew, to my surprise. I’ve [...]
Author: Inklings Literary Magazine
Towers of Sand
I sleep and dream of towers in the sand Whose wondrous figures stand gleaming in the sun For all to marvel. I dream of men who stand And build there glories with eyes stretched to heaven, And hearts turned ever upwards towards new heights. Then many more I see, alike in kinds, Beholding gloriously the [...]
Cellphone Prayer
I tumble through this doorway in my hand Into the tangled webbing of a Mind, Into a new and devastating land Where eyes that once could see are nearly blind. I long for quiet boredom and the bland. I long for hide and seek until I find. Oh may I have the power to cut [...]
Kenai
Reflection My pets have always been there for me. When the pandemic hit last semester, they were overjoyed to have so much new attention, and I was blessed with the opportunity to explore hobbies I previously didn't have much time for. One of these hobbies was photography, and I had some of the best subjects [...]
Koda
Reflection My pets have always been there for me. When the pandemic hit last semester, they were overjoyed to have so much new attention, and I was blessed with the opportunity to explore hobbies I previously didn't have much time for. One of these hobbies was photography, and I had some of the best subjects [...]
Melody
Reflection My pets have always been there for me. When the pandemic hit last semester, they were overjoyed to have so much new attention, and I was blessed with the opportunity to explore hobbies I previously didn't have much time for. One of these hobbies was photography, and I had some of the best subjects [...]
Begin at the Beginning, They Say
By Megan Mahoney September 8, 2020 Beginnings are never easy—not in life and not in writing, either. Just as different times in life will require different modes of beginning, different mindsets and different practices, different pieces of writing will require different styles of beginnings. And the beginning is often one of the hardest parts of [...]
Birthday Wishes
You bow your head down to blow out the candles. Close your eyes, count to ten. The backs of your eyelids are the color of the orange flames that waver as you pucker your lips. You start to wish for the same thing you have every year, someone you can call yours. [...]
If I Were a Color
If you ever paint me, paint me in a storm. Streak my memory across the swirling sky like streaks of flashing lightning. Let my echoing be painted as the rain that runs upon their rooftops. I have felt like a day without a sunset. I am the wailing of an untouched canvas. My heartbeat reminds me of [...]
Man of The Woods
I set upon the earth my sight. Curious to its horizon, eager to its peaks. I watched a sunset from far away, but it was snatched from me by the sounds of a crying man. A man built like boulders, shoulders wide. His chest forged from steel and stone. His hands were the width [...]
