R.C. Taylor

Joined July 2021

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Bio

I write to invoke, to process, to honor, to resurrect, and—sometimes—to grieve but, above all, I write to be free.

Follow along for stories about a little bit of everything (i.e. life, nostalgia, and other affairs of the heart).

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Ma(i)ze
My kin and I are cornrowed together, maps braided into aching scalps like sweet freedom passed from shaky, determined hands urging
By R.C. Taylor5 days ago in Poets
water them
to feed the beast of perfection I cut loose scraps of myself using glass shard words other people said that became my own inner voice
By R.C. Taylor17 days ago in Poets
Runner-Up in In Eclipse Challenge
to be freeRunner-Up in In Eclipse Challenge
every word has an undercurrent of ancestors humming ‘cause we will not be kept under the light of the North Star. We are invoking
By R.C. Taylor30 days ago in Poets
Top Story - April 2024
fateTop Story - April 2024
mother i am piece of you, cloth trying to dye itself another color caged bird trying to break free black swan or white
By R.C. Taylorabout a month ago in Poets
Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled
If today has been cancelled what would tomorrow bring? Would it ever arrive or would we stay suspended on the precipice of spring?
By R.C. Taylor5 months ago in Poets
drown
with the deluge way my ancestors shout i’m Jonah swallowed by the big fish and i’m scared when i finally open my mouth a sea will swell out.
By R.C. Taylor5 months ago in Poets
would
if i died tomorrow would anyone care ⠀ would the leaf stuck in the gutter grate finally fall in ⠀ would pining winter finally catch
By R.C. Taylor5 months ago in Poets
Top Story - November 2023
Tiny Heavy ThingsTop Story - November 2023
do you ever think back to the days when we were just guppy souls swimming in a fishbowl, minds tapping on curiosity glass
By R.C. Taylor6 months ago in Poets
She's Inside the Binding
do you cling to Rupi Kaur's words like i do, ⠀ running full speed ahead, along the off beaten stanza path, ⠀
By R.C. Taylor8 months ago in Poets
Mud in My Eyes
I've been told my fat body was sculpted from mud so I had to believe that it magically would become a dainty flower if I just
By R.C. Taylor8 months ago in Poets
Virginia Woolf Stones
my dreams were high in the sky, fingertips brushing the tails of the shooting stars they tried to catch before you kept filling their
By R.C. Taylor10 months ago in Poets
lip balm sun song
her lips will be warm and nice from the pear lip balm sun song that will bake on in the heat of the day. we'll work hard side by side then
By R.C. Taylor10 months ago in Poets

R.C. Taylor

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Stories (234/0)

Ma(i)ze

water them

to be freeRunner-Up in In Eclipse Challenge

fateTop Story - April 2024

Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled

drown

would

Tiny Heavy ThingsTop Story - November 2023

She's Inside the Binding

Mud in My Eyes

Virginia Woolf Stones

lip balm sun song

Achievements (5)