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Category: Poetry

Ketchup

one of the first counsellors Isaw told me that he dated apage 3 girl / he got frustratedwith my apparent … More

Poetry, poetry community, prose poetry, writing community

Book Recommendations 2021 (& Their Cocktails)

Here are books that I recommend that have either come out this year or that I read this year. I … More

book recommendations, bookworm, cocktails, indie books, literature, reading

Counting X’s

always looking down down into the gutter where darkness is born. talking’ through my lashes instead of those orbs that … More

Poetry, prose poem, sad

lost in the static // Haibun

dead bodies line the edges of the nineties. mourners threw crystal meth inside the coffin instead of soil. they used … More

haibun, haiku, Poetry, poetry community, writing community

Self-Portraits, Power, and Haiku

A woman’s power is something to behold. As cruel as this world can be, we can turn a bad situation … More

Beauty, Body Issues, diary entry, fatphobia, haiku, mental illness, Poetry

I’ve Been Neglectful

I have been neglecting my books in favour of writing, and I am not happy about this predicament. I have … More

bookworm, cocktails, literature, Poetry, reading, rebecca solnit, writing community

Things I’m Worried About

I’ve looked at all the advice columns for mental illness, and the one thing they tell you to do is … More

depression, lists, mental illness, worries

June Asleep // A Found Poem

his body between thighs like June asleep. sex not flashing skin is bad. frenzied sexuality, wild with 103-degree fever. Taken … More

cosmopolitan, found poetry, Poetry, poetry community, writing community

milk & eggs – Poetry [Expat Lit]

Late September, Expat Lit accepted my Georges Bataille inspired poem ‘milk & eggs’. I made my debut there on Thursday … More

eroticism, georges bataille, Poetry, poetry community, sexuality, writing community

7:10 am

Authors Note: I wrote this from the taxi this morning. the taxi smells like urine and the driver decided to … More

city, Poetry, poetry community, writing community

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