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Strip Tease

London, 2015 standing on the platform of Piccadillythe woman beside me flicks her TescoClubcard between her French acrylics.the man opposite … More

depression, love, narcissism, Poetry, writing community

Self Portrait as Extracts

Monday I met up with X today. We ate pancakes. He said I look good. I wish he wouldn’t lie. … More

depression, diary entries, Epistolary, Fiction, love, writing community

Dirty Blonde

Two-pronged claw squeezing bottleneck — a pale gold liquid that drips down her shell. Wrapped in punchtoned cloth, the roofpainted … More

depression, love, Poetry, writing community

Dried Kisses

after Frank O’Hara nighttime is not blue it is a black olive with a frosted window a sommelier pours thestars … More

love, poet, poetry community, sadness, tanka, tanka poetry, writing community

Prelude

After Frank O’Hara on that Friday night you queued up for fried chicken your jacket was beige your reflection softened … More

death, Frank O'Hara, Frank O'Hara Poetry, love, Poetry, poetry community, tanka 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

reminders // a tanka poem

she left eyelashes on his mother’s kitchen sink thick brush stroke bristles that he rubs on himself when lust swallows … More

love, lust, poetry community, tanka, tanka poetry, writing community

fire escape // poem

we met online in a chat room.the yellow raincoat behind youkept you warm as you fingeredthe keys of your computer.watching … More

love, modern love, Poetry, poetry community, writing community

Charlie // Flash Fiction

I woke up to a phone call at three in the morning on a Wednesday night. The boss wanted to … More

Fiction, flash fiction, flirting, love, sadness, short story, writing community

lost highway//senryu

moonstone helps me seethat what we had wasn’t meantto last forever pain radiates throughmy body in an almostaddictive manner if … More

death, haiku, love, Poetry, poetrycommunity, senryu

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