Vida Felsenfeld

Vida Felsenfeld

Vida Felsenfeld was born and raised in Oakland, California by her mother with 11 other siblings. She attended Catholic school and graduated from college at age 40. It was then that she discovered she was an artist and embarked upon becoming a flamenco dancer and poet. Today she continues to dance, teach poetry to children and is currently enrolled in an MFA Creative Writing program. Vida recommends Women for Women International.

i pulled the rifles
the switchblade
and gun from
the rabbit hole,
and laid them
​across my bed

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