THE SHORE
By Adrianna Delgado
Sunburned and broken
Starless and deprived
I will not ask for what I do not have
Only to keep what I possess, cherish deep inside
Blistered and rotten
Breathless and contrived
I will not fight the battles that cannot be won
Only storm the shores to ensure love will be born
She never said goodbye
And I cried, but why?
Basing my tears on imagination
Illusions of thoughts
Words never formed on her tongue
Hung, clinging, gasping for the air that I choke on
The irony of agony self-inflicted
The clock ticking away the seconds of my tears
The wasted fears of uncertain tomorrows
Sums of anguish and sorrows
Equaling nothing, empty and hollow
Giving away dreams soaked in blood and sweat
And the clock, the clock ticking my tears
Grieving my years
The words all come falling down
Tumbling out of my mouth, down my body
Scattering into the aura around me
And these false, imposter colors do me no justice
Rushed this metamorphosis into this creature
Who fears the sun…Sunburned and deprived
Blistered and contrived
The lies in her eyes, the silence on her tongue
The war we did not fight but could have won.
© Adrianna Delgado
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We are focused solely on sharing art and verse with the public and helping to provide a vehicle for exposing artists and circulating their work.
We do act as a third party merchant
when publishing certain books, anthologies etcetera
for authors with our press.
But the sales prices are set by the author and all royalties obtained go solely to the author.
We do not keep a cent.
We simply provide a forum to the public wherein the author can have complete control over their work and its distribution.
In what form is the material printed?
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We also constantly post material on our blog-site
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How does it work?
It’s quite simple just send us your poems, artwork, short fiction etc.
And we will contact you about the series you will appear in.
We almost never reject and always comment and respond to our submitters.
Who’s behind all of this?
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Send your art, poetry, short fiction etc. in the body of an email to read.and.destroy@gmail.com
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What is Read & Destroy?
Read & Destroy is an art-based initiative with the sole purpose of exposing, printing and publicizing artists, poets, and writers at no charge to anyone.
What do you mean “at no charge?”
We mean at no charge.
We print content in an easy to distribute hand-out format with materials we purchase.
Although we do accept donations;
There are no submission fee’s, no materials fee’s,
no gross production fee’s at all!
We are focused solely on sharing art and verse with the public and helping to provide a vehicle for exposing artists and circulating their work.
We do act as a third party merchant
when publishing certain books, anthologies etcetera
for authors with our press.
But the sales prices are set by the author and all royalties obtained go solely to the author.
We do not keep a cent.
We simply provide a forum to the public wherein the author can have complete control over their work and its distribution.
In what form is the material printed?
Most of our publications are printed on a standard 8 ½ inch X 11 inch piece of 22 lb paper folded in half to create a front-cover, two interior pages, and a rear-cover.
Some of our issues contain multiple poets, artists, etc. in these specific publications several pages are bound with standard issue saddle staples to create a small book.
We also constantly post material on our blog-site
http://www.readanddestroyit.blogspot.com/
How does it work?
It’s quite simple just send us your poems, artwork, short fiction etc.
And we will contact you about the series you will appear in.
We almost never reject and always comment and respond to our submitters.
Who’s behind all of this?
Read & Destroy is funded and maintained
entirely by poet and writer, Justin Parrinello
and is headquartered in Poughkeepsie, NY.
How do i submit?
By Email-
Send your art, poetry, short fiction etc. in the body of an email to read.and.destroy@gmail.com
with a subject line including your name and the type of submission you're sending.
For example, "Visual art sub" or "Poetry sub" etc.
By Postal Service-
Send your art, poetry, short fiction etc. to
Read & Destroy Press
PO Box 1572 Pleasant Valley, New York 12569
I'm interested in getting a book published,
what do i do? Who do i talk to?
Email us and we'll discuss everything and create,
to the best of our ability your vision of the finished product.
If you're in a hurry to get a quick chapbook off the press and aren't don't care about the art direction, format, font or other intricacies you can skip the small talk and just send us your manuscript in the body of an email, imbedded, or in a Microsoft word attachment and we'll create and send you a stock of books and or design a website featuring the material.
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