Posts by Iryna Somkina

September 30, 2026 | Nonfiction

Three Micros

Iryna Somkina

Take me out of this smoke-filled apartment to where the pines and the river are. Near or far. I'm tired and I need to rest. I need a change of scenery. A radical one.

August 10, 2026 | Poetry

He Let Me Lie

Iryna Somkina

I felt the snap. A fool outrunning the weather, only to find out I was still too much.

July 20, 2026 | Nonfiction, Fiction

Pure Protein

Iryna Somkina

I hadn’t written a line of prose in years. I was a corporate machine running on fumes, yet this girl in a G-string was playing the oracle.