Kelley Quinn : Writing

Positive

Positive

A Story by Kelley Quinn


A girl with blonde hair and small hands stood behind a stone column as I stood slightly off the curb of my elementary sch..
Skin

Skin

A Story by Kelley Quinn


The Moon In eighthgrade, my mother read my journal. She found out that my boyfriend, Andres, had snuck over to our house a few d..
Noah's Flood

Noah's Flood

A Story by Kelley Quinn


There is sand on the kitchen floor and pasta sauce that has been left overnight on stacked plates. I look over at him and he’s looking over at..
Yellow

Yellow

A Poem by Kelley Quinn


She is yellow.When her fingertips roll down my cheek, tracing the path of tears and smiles,she leaves gold behind.She tells me she loves me,her eye..
I Will Live In Between

I Will Live In Between

A Poem by Kelley Quinn


A response piece to Aditi Rao's Not Being A Man, I Bleed Like This
Beautiful

Beautiful

A Poem by Kelley Quinn


He’s beautiful -- and not because his skin is sewn with threaded sun or because his eyes answer what I neve..
3 a.m.

3 a.m.

A Poem by Kelley Quinn


touch yourself love yourself first do not let someone roll their fingers down your spine spinning threads of..
Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by Kelley Quinn


I am not soft petals with lilac perfume and yellow words.I am not caramel skin that dips slowly and rolls like warm chocolate in and under pal..
Soul

Soul

A Poem by Kelley Quinn


No matter the number of apologies, no small word can erase the feel of dirt beneath my knees, clutching the torso of the closest being, pushing te..
The Garden

The Garden

A Poem by Kelley Quinn


I hope rain falls on you I hope thunder shakes your stem and mud splatters on your petals I hope weeds weave a..