Skaidrite Stelzer

Skaidrite Stelzer is a citizen of the world whose poetry has appeared in Glass, Struggle, The Baltimore Review, Storm Cellar, and many other journals. Her chapbook, Digging a Moose from the Snow, is recently published by Finishing Line Press. She enjoys watching cloud shapes.

The Girl Who Felt Colors

The house had nowhere to go. I let it hold me. Turning sixteen, I knew Already that things keep on Looking the same. They don’t rub off, I thought. Closing my eyes I started to feel the blue Like little crosses. The orange different, Wanting to draw my fingers in. It stuck. The Crimea is a hard place. I turned… Read more →