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Creative Nonfiction

Poetry and Creative Nonfiction by Salma Ruth Bratt

 

A relief

To be beautiful again
For someone apart from myself
My mirror and I are great friends
Reciprocal compliments:
How beautiful you are, I tell her
She responds with blush and preen
Now you look over my shoulder to confirm
And I float over sidewalks
With love for someone other than
Myself

Continue reading ~ Poetry and Creative Nonfiction by Salma Ruth Bratt

Creative Nonfiction

À la Recherche des Têtes Perdues by Alan C. Baird

The Gauloises were a stupid idea.

Très stupide.

Not only did they incinerate our throats, but they also masked some of the more interesting effects of our not-so-bad hashish.

Patrick, Doctor Jeff and I were up to the usual tricks: killing time after our Restau-U meal at the Université de Nice. But Patrick had . . . → Read More: À la Recherche des Têtes Perdues by Alan C. Baird