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Category: Poetry

Why I Don’t Rate Books

I am just going to come out and say it. I don’t like, nor do I, rating books. Now, people … More

Book Rating, Book Reviews, essay, Goodreads Culture, Rating Books

New Year’s Absolutions

Happy New Year is what we say to each other, and I am guilty of that. The reality is that … More

confession, death, depression, diary, grief, honesty, loss, new year, sadness

Humbert Tanka

rice paper dress laidso delicately stuck toher elastic skinholed up in motels with acold gas station cola lip colour smeared … More

haiku, Poetry, poetry community, tanka, writing community

You Suck

for him  CANCER, you fucking suck. you’re a worthless piece of dirt who ruins all our lives with your filthy … More

Cancer, death, Poetry, poetry community, prose poetry, writing community

Vignettes of December

1. Things with X are still fraught. And, I can’t deal with any more stress than I already am. This … More

diary entries, journal, online diary, thoughts

Atlas

I roll over in my sleep, witching hour in full bloom. The glow of my dumpling night lightmakes shadows on … More

poet, Poetry, poetry community, writing community

the sushi bar

he fucked me at the sushi bar / salmon roe dried like an apricot we rubbed wasabi on our gums … More

prose poetry, short poetry, sushi bar, tanka, tanka poetry

don’t try to wake me

I pour the Prosecco into the glass of apricot nectar. a fitting tribute to you, my dumpling, my lobster. my … More

depression, grunge, Poetry, poetry community, prose poetry, the smiths, writing community

18/12

comparable to the Illiad, your constant affection was the root cause of my destruction and my tormented esteem the female … More

homer, illiad, misery tourism, poet, Poetry, writing community

Claire de Lune

he was always so proud of his new coffee jack, and of how the blood — coffee — filtered through … More

depression, grief, love, Poetry, poetry community

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