Author

Kristin Hunt

7 pieces

POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
how to be a conservative.
be a white woman give up my voice love my man and family harder and longer  than any other choice get on…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Wade’s Courage.
We say we don’t know what to say around them / they / us / he / his / she / her…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Am I Broken?
I once was mistaken for beautiful I decided not to use my voice and the public was forced to read my face…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Now I lay me down to sleep…
Every night I wonder why I am up and then the page scratches the pen or is it the pen scratches the…
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EMPOWERMENT
WITNESS THIS.
  When I was a little girl I used to ask, “Dad, what does ‘can I get a witness’ mean?” Growing up…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Joy.
If my heart could write forever, What would it say? Would it just make musings of the pretty shapes on pretty paper…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
GOLD
As a woman, people hate when I don’t smile As a black woman, people hate when I smirk A knowing smile Should…
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