why write?

I have to write what I hear in my head, what I dream in my sleep, what my bones ache to express.

My poems tell stories of strength, love, regret, disobedience, loss, hope, redemption, and whatever whispers.

—Cindy B. Stevens

Books Available

My first collection of poetry, Naked, is available for $12.00 at http://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/naked-cindy-stevens/


For local readers, books are also available at:

Purple Crow Books in Hillsborough, NC

The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC



19 February 2020

ghost lady

The first and last stanzas of “ghost lady”:


yesterday
she was a rickshaw
dragged through the city
her over-burdened wheels splayed
pebbled street-cracked spokes


tomorrow
she’ll stare as people pose
tomorrow
she’ll be stoned
tomorrow
her sisters will make her a statue
where rickshaws pass

© 29 November 2019
Cindy B. Stevens

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