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From the Start: Literally Literary Anthology Volume 1

2019

Anna Rozwadowska, et al.

Anna Rozwadowska, Heath Houston, et al.

Stories

Pinned

Literally Literary

Heath ዟ

Jul 8, 2016

My Side/Your Side

She lay in our bed somnambulantly observing the my side/your side rules of engagement… except for one leg making an unprovoked act of…

Heath ዟ

Nov 30, 2025

Spit in My Eye

Trust, the word you used before our bodies fused “Lay with me,” from sliding hips

Heath ዟ

Nov 15, 2024

Undertow

Would that this house of rooms in my head had more locked doors I would worry less about you walking through them, shedding death and…

Heath ዟ

Aug 15, 2023

Oh, Woe, Little Toe

“Hey, Dad?”

Heath ዟ

May 30, 2023

Almost Yours

You made me want to mend myself with gold shine brighter as if I could be a star — your star

Heath ዟ

May 2, 2023

Days Long Gone

You laughed when I said love, but even now, these years later, the ache remains.

Chalkboard

Heath ዟ

Mar 16, 2020

Between Earth and Sky

Your feet on the ground, my head in the clouds, maybe we’ll find our piece of heaven there, in the space between earth and sky.

Literally Literary

Heath ዟ

Mar 12, 2020

My Poison

With bone-burning anticipation, I ingest you. Not in sips or tastes, no, I would drown in you if allowed, submerged beneath the skin in a…

Literally Literary

Heath ዟ

Jan 22, 2020

A Summer in the Country

When I was a kid, I’d visit my aunts, uncles, and cousins in the country during the summer. When I say country, I’m talking the deep south…

Poetry Under Cover

Heath ዟ

Jan 9, 2020

Dear Readers and Writers — an Important Update

It’s been apparent to most of you that Poetry Under Cover has been just barely active for a while now.

Dear Readers and Writers — an Important Update