Kera Hollow

Joined August 2023

57 stories

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I'm a freelance ESL tutor and writer living South Korea. I've had a few poems and short stories published in various anthologies including Becoming Real by Pact Press.

I'm a lover of cats, books, Hozier, and pigeons.

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The Hole in My Ceiling. Winner in Something Is Beginning, I Think Challenge.
The hole in my ceiling isn't quite ready. It isn't deep enough nor wide enough for me to slip into my upstairs neighbor's apartment.
By Kera Hollowabout a month ago in Fiction
Coffee Shop Break
Your latte ready and cooling on the black tray makes my brown ice melt.
By Kera Hollowabout a month ago in Poets
A Child Holding Grass
I can't recall what it feels like to be a child, touching the coarseness of dry grass for the first time, and smiling without adult worries-
By Kera Hollowabout a month ago in Poets
A Poem for My Mother
This poem is for you, mother, despite the way you brutalized me with your words, mother, despite the way you hardly cared for you daughter, and-
By Kera Hollowabout a month ago in Poets
Daedalus's Sacrifice
The terrible news came in the morning after the banquet. King Minos spent the previous evening celebrating the death of Theseus, and his daughter's safeguarded purity. Minos drank and sang, elated by his victory. His precious, Ariadne, was tucked into bed, alone in his palace, as her would-be lover turned to acid in the Minotaur's stomach by now.
By Kera Hollow2 months ago in Fiction
What is the Place You Understand Best?
“He had lived in a lot of places, so I asked him where he found his greatest sense of place. He didn’t understand the expression. I explained that I wanted to know where he felt most nurtured and supported. What is the place you understand best?” Kimmerer pg. 125
By Kera Hollow2 months ago in BookClub
Puppy Love/ Forever/
When you hear/ the soft tap of padded footsteps When you hear/ the clicking of nails against the floor When you hear/ a howl somewhere in the night
By Kera Hollow2 months ago in Poets
Love Birds
The pigeons flew down and the people step aside making space for them.
By Kera Hollow2 months ago in Poets
The Town Mule
If anyone in town needed help, they knew to call Leo Germain. Though against his will, and despite his visible discomfort, Leo showed up on time just as his father once did. Just as the town expected him to.
By Kera Hollow2 months ago in Fiction
Scrapbooking as a Tool for Mental Health
In my early twenties, I started keeping a daily journal. I enjoyed doodling, gluing in receipts, and writing down my thoughts. I started journaling with the intention of capturing memories, since my mental illness greatly affects my long-term memory.
By Kera Hollow2 months ago in Psyche
Our Lives and Trees
The trees are all we know, the way the leaves collect light and spread veins of green or red the way sustenance is created inside the body,
By Kera Hollow2 months ago in Poets
The Cat on My Chest
This cat on my chest gently purring as he sleeps for now just breathing.
By Kera Hollow2 months ago in Poets

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The Hole in My Ceiling. Winner in Something Is Beginning, I Think Challenge.

Coffee Shop Break

A Child Holding Grass

A Poem for My Mother

Daedalus's Sacrifice

What is the Place You Understand Best?

Puppy Love/ Forever/

Love Birds

The Town Mule

Scrapbooking as a Tool for Mental Health

Our Lives and Trees

The Cat on My Chest

Achievements (5)