Sarah Levine: Writing. Photography.
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The Wave
I never thought too hard about the curve of my waist, Just a stop on the path of streaming line that flows from ear to neck to shoulder to ribs to hips to knees to ankles A snug place for the band of my jeans The shelf I rest my books or hands or nephews…
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Alternative Treatments I’m Considering for my Migraines
Unfortunately, the usual treatments for migraines haven’t been wicked successful for me recently. I’ve tried Triptans and Beta Blockers and Ubrelvy, monthly CGRP injections, infusions, even Botox, with little effect. So, I’ve decided to look into alternatives. Below is a list of some of the treatments I’m considering.
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Brazil 2025
Brazil- A country of geographic and cultural contradictions, where monkeys play in an urban jungle, the people are as colorful as the flowers.
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Pride at the Beach
When I think of Pride, it’s not fit as hell gay men shirtless and decked in feathers dancing on a Chase bank float. It’s women running into the ocean shrieking with girlish laughter. It’s a little girl and her mothers at the beach building a drip castle. It’s kissing my love in the waves, tasting…
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Racing Down that Road
I used to think life was a freeway. A long, open expanse of asphalt to be hurled over. No speed limit, like the autobahns in Germany where you can push your engine as hard as you want. A flat space to accelerate faster and faster over until the speedometer inches beyond the illuminated dashes.
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Winter Wonderland
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A Body in Pain is a Wild Thing
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Our New York
Once, I sent you a poem about kissing a girl named Lauren on a street corner and you said you wanted to kiss me on every corner of New York. Now I carry the map of your kisses imprinted on my skin wherever I go, writing over all my past New Yorks with the one…
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My Polycule: Me, My Girlfriend and My Chronic Illnesses
Since polyamory seems to be all the rage these days in mainstream media, I thought I’d tell you about my relationship. You could say my girlfriend and I are in a polycule with multiple rather demanding partners, all mine. It’s not a very healthy dynamic, sometimes my other partners get in the way of our…
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A Visit From an Old Friend
Having multiple chronic illnesses is like having friends who live out of town that like to pop by unannounced. Sometimes it will be a long while between visits. So long in fact you almost kind of forget they exist. And then one day, BAM, there they are, standing at your front door with a duffle…
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My First Novel!
My first novel, Emma by the Sea, will be published by Bold Strokes Books May 2025! It is currently available for pre-order at your local indie bookstore (and Amazon and Target) and will be released to the wider world on 5/13. You can buy an early release E-book directly on the BSB website. Here’s the…
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