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Jessica Tyner

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Jessica Tyner is a Pushcart Prize nominated writer from Oregon and a member of the Cherokee Nation. She has recently published short fiction in India’s Out of Print Magazine, and poetry in Penumbra, Straylight Magazine, Solo Press, and Glint Literary … Continue reading →

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Passing

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

I was twelve before I realized my father wasn’t white, until then I thought nothing of his clay colored skin, eyes dripping like honey or ropes of black licorice hair snaking alive and furious down his back. My breasts sprung … Continue reading →

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For the Animals

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

A horse’s heart weighs more than you’d think. Make them work for it, the keeper said, so I hid the organs and quartered head pieces around the sagging chamber, a macabre and ridiculous game. But the cold heart I placed … Continue reading →

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Produce

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Some people have penchants for winning radio contests, others for numbers of the choice prizes at the bars—the artists or doctors instead of the waiters or students—but me, I get the grocery clerks and confused check stand men at the … Continue reading →

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