Regina K. Pride : Writing

Miscommunication

Miscommunication

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


Miscommunication The meals at my house never sing a tune of steamed asparagus over a brew of hot, hot vegetable juice filled with raw potato..
Detroit, 1969

Detroit, 1969

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


Detroit, 1969 Papa taught me if anything happened close my eyes count to ten say a little prayer but my knees lock and burn one. hallowe..
Dear Shelby

Dear Shelby

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


Dear Shelby, Remember me?Remember when you were two and I was three?Remember all the days spent in your family’s garage?Remember us playing..
One eye on the ball

One eye on the ball

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


One eye on the ball, he dribbles it to the west side of the court tries to pass it off to Malcolm but drops it, ball bounces to the fence, hits ..
Untitled (2)

Untitled (2)

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


Untitled 2 He wants to taste the river, wants to ride the storm and I tell him he won’t get anywhere thinking the way that he does.He&rsqu..
Pisces (book version)

Pisces (book version)

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


Woven from mother’s hands tucked beneath her breastsbreath of Aphrodite;soul of Athenastreaming through her lips. Mother sports a solid eye ..
we're somewhere in between...

we're somewhere in between...

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


"After she moves out, one tears up grass blades to watch which way the wind blows." -Dobby Gibson, The World as See..
Boxed In

Boxed In

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


The world is smaller from in here; the world is darker and cloudier whichever way I turn. I don’t fit and the air is running thin.The very s..
to give away a dog

to give away a dog

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


To give away a dog without a goodbye is to cry into your pillow all through the night and no one hears you.To know that she touched your soul is t..
America like you

America like you

A Chapter by Regina K. Pride


Blue painted across the sky reflected through the skylines and shimmer of the underbellies of planes,we sit underneath it all. I mark a spot on t..