Penny Blake

Joined March 2018

19 stories

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Story topics: Natural Living, Equality, Diversity, Geek Culture.

I write and review non-fiction and fiction that explores science,

culture, identity and power.

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Damáō
Damáō I cried into my palm, once, all the tears I had left inside, they turned to salt and stars and when I puffed frost breath over them,
By Penny Blake8 years ago in Poets
Mahrime
Mahrime It will take months for the bones to heal. For the blood to entirely cease / For the light to come and illuminate them/
By Penny Blake8 years ago in Poets
Mulengi Sinija
Tonight is the Firebird festival, every spider’s chance to shine and dance and burn up the night. The sun, once soft milk light, has already slipped away...
By Penny Blake8 years ago in Poets
Frogs' Legs
Frogs' Legs We met under a gut-punched sky, the raindrops racing down the tight screen of slipped out breath that caught in the space between our two neon egos – spitting sparks in the downpour.
By Penny Blake8 years ago in Poets
Ado
Ado (When All Is Lost) “But look, ” she said, “we are still here.” “No we aren’t” I said “There is something left that was not destroyed, but it isn’t us.”
By Penny Blake8 years ago in Poets
Beyond the Veil
Beyond The Veil I cover me My smile is the veil for my tears when pain chokes up in my throat and I cannot speak my fears
By Penny Blake8 years ago in Poets
Opre
Opre Our splintered marrow guards your precious ground Not bought in blood, but taken in the twilight When ‘taking’ was a thing we did not understand
By Penny Blake8 years ago in Poets