Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 07/05/24

Brainwash

Rain splashes
on the windows
of my mind

carries accumulated
thought-grime

into gutters

gushes along
through midnight
soul sewers

memory-rats hop
onto concrete ledges
to escape the torrent

homeless ideas
hang from slippery
ladders

until it all empties
from a drainpipe

into the wild

blank

wordless sea

©2024 Scott Waters All rights reserved.

Brother Waters

Scott Waters lives in Oakland, California with his wife and son. He graduated with a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Scott has published previously in Cajun Mutt Press, Third Wednesday, Main Street Rag, Better Than Starbucks, The Pacific Review, A New Ulster, and many other journals. Scott’s first chapbook was published by Selcouth Station, and his poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

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Fracture Point by Rani Whitehead

In this collection, Rani Whitehead writes about her personal struggles and triumphs. These poems will make you well up with joy, laugh, cry, and yearn to be the free wild spirit that is the author. A truly beautiful volume of writing that reads like a book of hymns.

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Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 07/01/19

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MAD WOMAN WILD WOMAN

I am mad woman, I am wild woman
I am rage, I am truth, strength, beauty, ferociousness
I am the scars of being stomped on, shut down, beat down, beaten up and
murdered
Rising up from the bowels of the earth I am the knife in the night that aims
true
I am the little girl in the dark waiting for her power to be taken
The woman waiting to be robbed of herself, crying out for help, pleading for
her life
I am women all over the world screaming to be heard
I am mad woman, I am wild woman
I am every woman trying to rate her assault, forced to take responsibility
I am every woman afraid to walk alone, afraid to speak her truth
I am every woman silenced, raped
I am every woman who said no
I am every woman who sits in the dark, sleeps in the dark with one eye open
I am every woman terrified, taught to fear men, living in constant fight or
flight
I am every woman dismissed, diminished
I am mad woman, I am wild woman
I am the woman saying no more, we are done
I am not your objectification, a smile on my face
I am not your tits, your ass, your cunt, your property
I am not a sacrifice for the patriarchy
I am not your victim
I am not your justification for boys will be boys
I am not too emotional, I am unleashed, I am rage unleashed
This rage is regurgitating your small minded thoughts and ownership, your
self-righteous greedy hands shoved down my throat and up my pants
I am not your blame, blame, blame
I am not your refusal to take responsibility
Your relentless defense of your fragile male ego
I am every woman broken, every woman refusing to be broken
I am every woman putting themselves back together and every woman not
giving up
I am every woman in the darkness who can’t see a way out
I am very woman trapped, every woman sold
I am every woman who crawled their way to the fucking light
I am the woman not cowering to your shame, your labels, your diminishing of
our light
I am liberation and I am not here to be your version of me
I am not here to be silent
I am the voice that bellows across the world, singing our truth, carrying our
fears and our stories
I am the heart that holds your hand, carries your song and knows your truth
I am mad woman, I am wild woman, and I am fed up
I am what you fear most, I AM the fucking revolution, the feminine rising
I am the woman who will be quiet no longer
I am the blaze melting these chains off our ankles, the fire burning your hands
that have held us down for too long
I am the Phoenix, being reborn
The fire rising to burn this fucker down
I am mad woman, I am wild woman, I am all women
And we are not a sacrifice for the patriarchy

©Rani Whitehead all rights reserved

rani

Rani Whitehead is the founder and owner of Radiant Alchemy, a hub for “Liberating Your Magic”. As the sole practitioner of Radiant Alchemy, she combines her many life experiences through abuse, addiction and trauma with her skills as a Certified Intuitive Life and Spiritual coach, Reiki Healer, Empath, writer and photographer to create a magical portal for you to step compassionately into your deepest healing, allowing you to discover your most authentic self and liberate your magic. You can find Radiant Alchemy on Facebook & Instagram.