Emmett Forrest – Writers Resist

Reverse Existential Crisis

By Editor| 2023-10-27T10:25:54-07:00 November 28th, 2019|Categories: Issue 99: 28 Nov 2019|Tags: Poetry, Emmett Forrest|

By Emmett Forrest My mom used to tell this story all the time When the nurses tried to give me yet another shot I glared at the nurses until they cried When the doctor tried to slip in another IV he needed 3 nurses to hold down a blue faced baby By the time I was [...]

Trooper

By Editor| 2023-10-27T10:26:58-07:00 September 7th, 2017|Categories: Issue 39: 07 Sep 2017|Tags: Poetry, Emmett Forrest|

By Emmett Forrest Was told I was a trooper from the time I was a little girl Shoulders square chin raised high I said goodbye my father stepped onto a plane and I couldn't bear to watch my eyes downcast from the window frame it takes a strength to become a purple heart to hide [...]