Vivir Libre o Morir, by Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon

What I Saw in the Water' (Lo que el agua me dio), by Frida Kahlo (Mexico). 1938.

​Vivir Libre o Morir

you lie tilted naked cleansed
bloodied water teems 
with life unplugged drained    painted free

agua libre spirits ripple torn reflections

agony ghosts toes    ghosts almost-phantom limb

heartbeats tap jaggeddesirejealous of lissom dancers
fuck the creatures fuck the birds fuck Diego de Rivera

Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon
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Ceinwen writes short stories and poetry. She is widely published in web magazines and in print anthologies. She was Highly Commended in the Blue Nib Chapbook Competition [Spring 2018], won the Hedgehog Press Poetry Competition ‘Songs to Learn and Sing’. [August 2018] and was shortlisted for the Neatly Folded Paper Pamphlet Competition, Hedgehog Press [October 2018]. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Newcastle University, UK (2017). She believes everyone’s voice counts.