The Curse of a Quiet Mouth by Selahmon Risingsun Writing & Poetry | Poetry
A daughter inherits silence as survival and grows into a woman determined to reclaim her voice. Selahmon Risingsun explores generational fear, womanhood, becoming, and the power of turning what was left unsaid into language.
The Women Who Anoint Themselves
What happens when a woman becomes her own medicine? In this moving prose poem, Selahmon Jones reflects on survival, solitude, sacred resilience, and the quiet longing to be held after years of holding everyone else.