This is a short story I wrote for a submission for thefirstline.com. This site gives a prompt called ‘the first line’ which for this particular submission period was, “Mrs.Morrison was too busy to die.” This story was declined but I am very fond of it. I also admire thefirstline.com for their ingenious prompts and amazing…
Author: Alina H. Hansen Writer & Poet
Alina Happy Hansen is a writer, poet, and blogger based in San Francisco. Besides writing nearly 24/7 and reading stacks of books, Alina enjoys watching classic horror films and listening to Stoner Metal. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in English with a Minor in Writing and Rhetoric Studies from The University of Utah.
Announcement: Poem Publication in The Canticle
Hello Readers! I am just announcing that another one of my poems, this time ‘Ready To Eat‘, will be published and released in the University of Utah‘s Literary Journal The Canticle (Spring 2017) ! This is the second year in a row that a poem of mine has been published in The Canticle and I…
Freehand Poem #4: BLOOD (Revision)
Free Hand #4 (version one) The blood that seeps into Cracks and crevices of rock and stone. Tile, carpet, wood. Painting painting Painting the night with a sweetest, irony Scent. Touch the edge, smear the finger tips. Rouge the red, on the bathroom floor. Parts of you, parts of us all, in the blood On…
Self Immolation [a poem]
A piece I am working on, inspired by the self sacrifice of Thic Quang Duc (1963). The sun set softly in a sea of gold, a hell under the flesh erupted into flames that climbed up the spine, engulfing the head. Enlightenment and flesh boiled in glorious colors that illuminated the eyes of onlookers….
Freehand Poem #4: BLOOD
The blood that seeps into Cracks and crevices of rock and stone. Tile, carpet, wood. Painting painting Painting the night with a sweetest, irony Scent. Touch the edge, smear the finger tips. Rouge the red, on the bathroom floor. Parts of you, parts of us all, in the blood On the floor. ————————————— If you’re…