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No Fear of Love and Monsters

I'm including my work on Every Writer for the first time in really 20 years. Other than articles I have written, I really have never published my own work on this site. I struggled with this. Every Writer has been helping writers and publishers connect for the last 25 years. I always avoided putting my creative work on this site, but the nature of the internet and publishing has changed so much, I think now might be a good time to use my voice here in a new way.

These poems are about 10 years in the making. They are a long journey of pain and discovery. I'm still writing. I'm still trying to figure things out, but this is where I am, and this is my work. I hope you enjoy these poems. They will appear someday soon in a collection titled, No Fear of Love and Monsters.

  • The Kindness and Quiet Desire of Strawberries

The Kindness and Quiet Desire of Strawberries

Posted on July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 by Richard

The Kindness and Quiet Desire of Strawberries is the first in a series of works from our editor. You can read more about his forthcoming work here.

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