She’s alone again—the raindrops on her windowcount the years she’s been blue. She bought a cake—it’s her birthday,and the sun forgot to come. She’s a big girl now—forty-five, fifty-five, sixty-five, or seventy-five,going on thirty-five, twenty-five,fifteen, or five? She’s still that little girl who can’t forgetthe time of her first and only party—the invitations were … [Read more...] about Little Girl Blue, By: Patricia Carragon
Patricia Carragon
About Patricia Carragon
Patricia Carragon’s recent publications: Alien Buddha Press, CAPS Poetry 25th Anniversary Anthology, Carnyx Collective Anthology, Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, Fixed and Free Quarterly, Jerry Jazz Musician, The New Verse News, The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow, Shadow Pond Journal, Spillwords, Wales Haiku Journal, et al. Her poem, “Wild Is the Wind,” received a 2024 Pushcart Nomination from Poets Wear Prada’s The Rainbow Project. She received a 2025 Best of the Net nomination for her haiku, “Cherry Blossoms” from Post Wear Prada. Her debut novel is Angel Fire (Alien Buddha Press). Her books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles. Her book Innocence is from Finishing Line Press. She hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.
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