Brittany Mishra

Brittany Mishra helps make airplane engines for a living and writes poetry and fiction as her passion. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in New Britain, Connecticut where she is a board member of the non-profit Riverwood Poetry; she helps find local poets to host monthly readings or workshops for the Central Connecticut community. Brittany's poetry can be found in Shabda Press' Nuclear Impact Anthology and the online journals Voice Catcher, Sky Island, and Typishly.

“For Poseidon,” “A Marriage,” and “Sons”

That night in the temple, when he hurt her, the asps found her ravaged, her hair tangled; they buried their tails into her scalp as tree roots sew into earth and soil. They kept her safe from his sea, enthralled her, and pointed with their tongues to her escape. They guided her through meadow and forest to a quiet cave high atop a cliff.
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