Clear
Green
Private
Silent
One
Gently she emerges
From
Thin
Thin
Air
To drink quiet life
Birds, crickets, squirrels, deer gather
A meeting of life
Holding hands together
They drink it up!
Clear
Green
Private
Silent
One
Clear
Green
Private
Silent
One
Gently she emerges
From
Thin
Thin
Air
To drink quiet life
Birds, crickets, squirrels, deer gather
A meeting of life
Holding hands together
They drink it up!
Clear
Green
Private
Silent
One
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.





grief that tastes of absent ice cream bars at the airport,
what is a welcome back to a hometown without a beloved tradition?
a perfectly sweet candy,
gummy to the mouth,
but sticking to the teeth.
konjac eaten too quickly can catch and choke.
gulp it down so that you can save yourself,
she likes to dream big dreams she gets excited about it all greener grass, driving down curvy roads laying on the sand, watching the clouds
It’s an 80 degree May day, I am sitting in front of twelve students, my advisees. Six eighth grade girls; six eighth grade boys. My