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Category: Political

Hey, It’s DNA (Poem/Podcast) by Risa Peris

February 14, 2025 periswriter

Podcast for February 14, 2025 The biggest trick they pulled was saying all of you was DNA Mommy humiliated you,…

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Posted in: Article, Creativity, Poem, Political, Social Issues Filed under: freedom of speech, poem, politics

My Body is a Crime by Risa Peris (Poem)

February 10, 2025 periswriter

Podcast Memento mori, remember death. Do you remember life in death? I remember death in life. A body tortured is…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Poem, Political, Social Issues

The Path of Poets by Risa Peris (Poem)

February 6, 2025 periswriter

I was born. I was born in the fever of winter when the silver surfs cracked into granite and the…

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Posted in: Creativity, End of the World, Poem, Political, Religion Filed under: death, poem, politics

The Wasteland Grows (Chapter 1, Part 1) – Novel by Risa Peris

February 4, 2025 periswriter

“I’ll pop a bitch.” That was Miranda. Tawny skin, wavy hair, with a saucy sailor’s tongue who always seemed on…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Social Issues, Thriller Filed under: cia, coup, politics, thriller, usa

The Politician (Story by Risa Peris)

August 5, 2020 Brian Coyle

You see the thing about Yuri was that he was not a high-ranking or particularly effective KGB officer. Back in…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political

Deep Shrug (Story by Risa Peris)

May 19, 2020 Brian Coyle

I was quite alone on the train. A nurse in pale gray heading for South England. I was called on…

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Posted in: Fiction, History, Political

The Presidential Couple (Story by Risa Peris)

January 14, 2020 Brian Coyle

She had ran unopposed for two years as student president. Two whole years. She got soda machines back in the…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Political
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Have You Voted Yet? (bp coyle)

December 11, 2019 coylewriter

I never like coming to this shop, it’s close but the owner is a jerk. He tosses my smokes on…

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Posted in: Fiction, Humour, Political

Dark, Dark (Story by Risa Peris)

August 21, 2019 periswriter

Nobody really talks about how dark it gets in the dark, dark night. He was a white man. The Master.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Political, Relationships

This is the United States (Story by Risa Peris)

August 10, 2019 Brian Coyle 1 Comment

Her dad wasn’t there. He was usually there at 5PM. That’s when her after school program ended. Her dad worked…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction, Political

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