Mayari Literature Volume 2, Special Issue ii: #sixwordlovestories
28 February 2025- 06 March 2025, Part IV
“Your lips, they taste like heaven, and your skin, it feels like home.” - Unknown
First date -
Neither late;
Cautious, hopeful
- E-justin E-justin read with Kemlyn Tan Bappe's Between the Lines from 2022 to 2024. He also takes part in SingPoWriMo.
I cradle her, who cradled me. - Merilee Johnson
Merilee Johnson is a New Yorker who aspires to be a comedian but still has one foot in the poetry and writing community. Her children's book The Boy Who Caught the Moon was published by Mayari Literature, and her poems, short fiction, and monologues have been included in anthologies. She participates in various open mics, both online and onstage.
Lips ignite fire, love, longing, desire. - Karina Guardiola-Lopez
Karina Guardiola Lopez, a NYC-born writer and poet based in New Jersey. Her work appears in Press Pause Press, Acentos Review, and more. For more information go to kglopez.com.
you: hiccup in my love’s timeline. - Phynne~Belle
Phynne~Belle snacks on decadent, no-no candied hearts for breakfast. They have a tendency of bite-bite-biting back.
I will love you from here. - Vanessa Chica
Vanessa Chica Ferreira (she/her) is a dynamic New York City educator, poet, playwright, and fat activist whose works challenge societal norms and invite deep vulnerability.
Each stanza
Is a love song
-Elemen2alElemen2al
The x-quotient of this unbalanced equation,
Dancing with my reflection,
Under the pale moonlight. #StormGodBusiness
Creamy filling in my lipstick mouth - Terri Rose-Jertson
Theresa Rose-Jertson likens herself to the inspirational Bathsheba of the infamous David’s realm…inadvertently a temptress who was seduced by a love that transcended all time.
At our wedding, our wheelchairs danced. - Don Narkevic
Don Narkevic lives in Buckhannon, West Virginia, where he writes and loves.
Stopped revolving doors; started evolving heart. - Mo’Neeck Verse
Mo’Neeck Verse is a multi-talented writer, artist, and poet in South Carolina who founded and hosts the group Verse Bringerz in 2021. She encourages people to make the most silenced voices heard by asking, “Which verse will you bring?”
Vigilant Valentine’s valiant velvety vocalized vows. - Easter “Poetik Desire” Dodds
Easter “Poetik Desire” Dodds is a tech savvy creative who resides in Chesapeake, VA. Her “poetry is like a diary she shares with the world.” This poet is a hopeless romantic where love is the revolving theme for the majority of her writings.
you smell like long forgotten memories - Alex Zhiganova
Alex Zhiganova is a multilingual poet and writer, whose main theme at the moment is love. They enjoy unconventional and unique things in life, as well as a good challenge.
this mild abrasion to the heart - Sandra Anfang
Sandra Anfang is the founder of Rivertown Poets, a monthly reading series, and author of (the recent poetry collection) Rara Avis: for the birds
