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Rachel Haywood

I Imagine Cancer Feels Cold

I Imagine Cancer Feels Cold https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/snowy-resevoir.jpg?fit=1440%2C1920&ssl=1 1440 1920 Rachel Haywood Rachel Haywood https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a624121542c58944bae78632bd4ef9bd?s=96&d=mm&r=g 12/07/2018 12/07/2018

Mom had cancer when I was in preschool. Breast cancer. Four-year-olds shouldn’t have to think about much beyond counting by ones and coloring inside the lines. But cancer doesn’t care…

Susan Richardson

Bog means god in Serbian

Bog means god in Serbian https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/P1010699-1.jpg?fit=2500%2C1406&ssl=1 2500 1406 Susan Richardson Susan Richardson https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_0069-e1539635867370.jpg 10/20/2018 01/16/2019

For Bojana She is the call of a raven, sparrow bones, a cello suite wrapped in the flames of a punk rock refrain. She went into war with sparks on…

Ann Christine Tabaka

Silent No More

Silent No More https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bardwell_barren_0821-2-e1537332671914.jpg?fit=1000%2C505&ssl=1 1000 505 Ann Christine Tabaka Ann Christine Tabaka https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a1e2d4593e77c75aa6ba4087c25c0256?s=96&d=mm&r=g 09/19/2018 09/20/2018

The silence of a thousand years is broken with a whisper, emanating from the heartbeat of oppression. Time can no longer restrain truth. It breaks open sins of the past.…

strength

I Imagine Cancer Feels Cold

Bog means god in Serbian

Silent No More