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Beverly Medina

Beverly Medina

make no mistake:

I am not hung up on you not caught between the color of your eyes and the sound of your voice not spinning my wheels over every detail of…

Sep 20, 2017

Sep 20, 2017

Beverly Medina

Roots shallow

for all the waiting in the world it’s time to put it on a page as though it will make you hear it; I will say it in the language of the…

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Beverly Medina

Shades of You

beyond reason — that I should still hear your name spoken in thundercracks; or your breath on the ocean’s exhale

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Beverly Medina

fell

When I fell like the leaves in October what could I expect but for the winter to change the color of my soul?

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Beverly Medina

petrified forest

can we turn this place into our petrified forest?

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Beverly Medina

request

If you must go, take with you all the pieces of yourself that occupy my shelves.

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Beverly Medina

Prop me up, one more time, against the jukebox

The drive across Afton Mountain is a scenic and, at times, perilous one. The mountain itself is the product of Virginia’s violent geologic…

Sep 15, 2017

Prop me up, one more time, against the jukebox

Sep 15, 2017

Beverly Medina

Yes, I’m a scientist. Yes, I go to church.

Recently, I was exchanging pleasantries with a colleague when the topic of weekend plans came up. “Are you doing anything fun this…

Aug 9, 2017

Aug 9, 2017

Beverly Medina

Family Heirlooms

It’s July in Florida, and I am eight years old. The humidity has settled in like a warm handmade blanket: heavy and stifling and feeling…

Jul 24, 2017

Family Heirlooms

Jul 24, 2017

Beverly Medina

On Apathy

When I was twelve years old, I wanted to be a journalist. More precisely, I wanted to write for National Geographic. A child of the early…

Jul 22, 2017

On Apathy

Jul 22, 2017

Beverly Medina

Beverly Medina

Environmental engineer, food blogger, freelance writer, oatmeal enthusiast. Website: beverlywrites.com IG: beverlyeats

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