Poetry Likening her body to Ivory, and Razors, Sara Young likens fantasies of self-harm to a suicidal striptease blurring the violent and erotic. I play with the hanging edge of my nail, Until it tears off, taking the very tip Of my finger with it, leaving a bloody Red streak across my ivory skin. A …
Poetry This Pill Is Hard To Swallow plays on the popular phrase poetically transforming it by focusing the transformative nature of hard truths. This pill is hard to swallow. The petite pink orb sticks In your throat and scrapes, Clawing, choking, instead of gliding. It teases the tip of your tongue, Entangling itself with your …
Poetry Examining the image of her own reflection in glass Sara Young comments on the fragility of her own mental state in a moment of crisis. I hold my reflection in my hands. The glass looks so fragile, I worry it might break. The blurred mass I hold, In the glass stares at me, …
Poetry Desert Vulture is a short exploration of outside destruction and internal implosion. It’s macabre symbolism opens up the poem to brilliance. Capra Aegagrus, hide stretched across …
Poetry This poem from the launch of Leopard Arts is a gorgeous offering from Sara Young. Exploring the power of love through the spoken words that stoke and confuse it, Voices is a verse with sumptuous imagery and beautiful linguistic finesse. I. Love’s Voice Like honey dripping from the sweetest mouth, Your whispered words upon me …
