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Tag: Poetry

how to be alone: the remix

learning how to be alone used to come naturally to me. it really wasn’t a big deal. nobody would pick … More

depression, Fame, insecurity, Poetry, prose poetry

#Ghosted//Essay

They tell us that the world doesn’t owe us anything, that people don’t owe us anything. In their view, the … More

depression, love, mental health, mental illness, Poetry, writing

Twitter//Tanka Poem

they shit on you fromgilded thrones with amethyst stones that give them allthe power to pick you up and throw … More

Poetry, social media, tanka, twitter

ole’ ricky//tanka

After American Beauty (1999)  talk to me through the gaps in your shaded window whisper sweet nothings into my tiger balm ears press your … More

american beauty, film, Poetry, tanka

beauty in the world//haibun

After American Beauty (1999)  we talk about life as we talk about death, with a fondness that only gets sweeter … More

american beauty, film, kevin spacey, Poetry

Wedding Bells//Haiku & Photography

lemon scented trickswith rose gold hearts and feathersvenus rules us all

black and white photography, haiku, Photography, Poetry, wedding, wedding photography

homesick//tanka

my stomach is full of egg yolk balls, plump and livelike a grenade ofhomesickness that I cannotescape from this time

homesick, Poetry, tanka

This Is What Happens When You Leave Me Alone – D.T. Robbins//Book Review

D.T. Robbins is an intelligent man. He’s also amusing, which always helps. His shitposting on Twitter makes me laugh, but … More

book review, Charles Bukowski, Poetry, poetry book

bourgeois//haiku

hell is the smoking gun of high society wearing their death masks

haiku, haiku poetry, Poetry, Society

An Almost Made Up Essay on Bukowski

Those who know of Charles Bukowski will be no stranger to the criticisms that have and continue to surround him. … More

Bukowki, Charles Bukowski, essay, Fame, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Writers

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