Tag: poem
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The Astronaut
Full poem, The Astronaut, published by UWA in The Poets of New England, an anthology avalibile online and in select stores. Please consider supporting me and purchasing a copy with my affiliate link here:
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Nightcap
A commissioned piece for K.C. Almonds and hemp milk swirl between my hands. A single serving storm reaching a calm before the wakeup kiss and the smile, and the coy banter such coquettish moments are made up of. I carry the mug as if another body to be loved, as if still holding on to the […]
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I In Lieu
Sometimes I clench my jaw at night grind my teeth unconscious to the swimmers and poachers, the entitled or deeply mislead let my body take the fall rest Sometimes the frogs don’t sing at night police sirens wail bodies hit pavement the way chicken breasts smack cutting boards season with pepper to taste mourn […]
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Survivor Guilt
You’re going to die, and it keeps me up at night. Your eulogy is a poem I don’t want to write. I don’t sleep, waiting for the phone call that you’ve been found with a landscape of poppy flowers blooming down the side of your pillowcase. I don’t sleep, thinking of those who wear the […]
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