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Rachel Blackbirdsong
I was born in a swamp and crawled out of that primordial slime into the vastness of nothingness and wrote poetry. I've had more than one hundred of my poems and stories published. I'm a member of the National Writer's Union, The Academy of American Poets and a bunch of other organizations which make me sound pretty important. I'm not, but it sure looks purty, don't it? I support myself doing freelance writing jobs like writing articles and web content for various companies that I'm legally not allowed to name. It's a living doing what I love to do, which is write, so even if I end up writing about things I don't necessarily care about, I'm still writing and that is an obvious plus. Besides some of my clients pay me with things like Chanel perfume, Feragamo shoes, jewelry, furs and of course money. My latest writing credits as of now include: "Budzsushammer," "Alors et Toi!," UCLA's "American Indian Cultural and Resource Journal," " Thorny Locust," "Red River Review, "Red Pulp Underground," and a bunch of others I can't remember at the moment. I'm also a 2009 nominee for a Pushcart Prize.
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Poetry

  • 8:15 and 2:02
  • A Bird Lies Sleeping (Ghazel)
  • Right Before - A Poem for 9/11
  • Insensibility
  • Godiva
  • A Bird Lies Sleeping (Ghazel)
  • Bottom Feeder
  • King Whore and Queen Need (Naga Uta)
  • Loosening the Noose
  • The Final Slap
  • Insomnia Poetica (Villanelle)
  • While Minutes Die (Villanelle)
  • Death of Sardanapalus
  • The Smoke Stack
  • Self Portrait
  • Cruel Traveler
  • Queen Tease (Naga Uta)
  • Long Before Bells
  • Woman by Fire
  • 28 Days
  • La Pitié de la Pluie Seul N'avait Pas Séché - The mercy of the rain hadn't dried alone
  • Winter Spectacle Divine (Naga Uta)
  • Know Who You Are
  • A Black Woman Talks of Birthing
  • Blackbirdsong (Acrostic Naga Uta)
  • For All My Brothers and Sisters
  • Integrated Child (Senryu, Naga Uta combo)
  • Dream of Ancient Turtles (Pantoum)
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  • Blackbird Messenger
  • La Gioconda (Diamonte)
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  • Mes égouttements de stylo avec le sang (My Pen Drips with Blood)
  • For My Grandfather
  • Mermaid's Wish
  • Pourtant j'attends (Nonet)
  • Growing Pains (Pantoum)
  • Blood Stained Cigarette
  • Lamentations
  • Beyond Beauty (Senryu)
  • Stone Fire (Haibun)
  • Eventide (Iambic Tetrameter)
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  • Recognition (Sestina)
  • Green
  • Red (Sonnet)
  • Wounded Bird (Sonnet)
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  • Raven Crow (Senryu)
  • Glimmering (Senryu)
  • Remaining (Senryu)
  • My life without you was blue
  • With Eager Trembling (Naga Uta)
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  • Missing in Action
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  • Schizophrenia Soufflé (Naga Uta)
  • Corvus
  • On the Way to Tell (Naga Uta)
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  • After she went downstairs...
  • My Sacrifice
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  • She was...
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  • Beyond the Playground or the Womb
  • When Bercynthia Braids Her Hair
  • I Sing My Song In Poetry
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Flash Fiction

  • Garden Grow
  • Cockcrow
  • Boots
  • Diane
  • Hopscotch
  • Romper Stomper
  • Evolution
  • Godiva Undone
  • The Conversation
  • Safety First
  • A Good Day
  • The Good Wife
  • The Spectator
  • Osyei
  • Feathers
  • Aloha
  • This Morning There Was Hope
  • Snakeskin
  • Grist for the Mill
  • The Secret Language of Horses
  • Pegasus Awakes
  • Towards a Poisoned Canal
  • Little Piggies
  • Stingray
  • Rabbit Ears
  • Passage
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • 212 South Crouse Avenue
  • Cherokee
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  • Panting Dogs Retreat
  • Wednesday
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  • Thursday
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  • Beneath the Red-Hot Sky
  • Through Window Glass
  • The Lie
  • Bumbling
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  • First Kiss (Monday)
  • Plantin' Season
  • A Murder of Crows
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  • Timmy
  • Birdsong
  • Mr. and Mrs. Feeney

Short Stories

  • Momma Dee
  • Chug-a-Lug
  • Ashes of Roses
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Read my essay for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Read my essay for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Novels

  • The Call
  • Crawling Out of Babylon.

Crawling Out of Babylon and The Call Access

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What Cancer Brings / My journey as a caregiver

What Cancer Brings / My journey as a caregiver
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