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Tag: Poetry

Memoir: Tales From the Classroom

It all began with my glasses and the two front teeth that jutted out of my mouth. These other tiny … More

essay, Life Writing, Memoir, personal essay, Poetry, writing community

Exhibit LA

When I went to LA, I’d walk to the local store every morning. I’d take the corn dog off the … More

LA, Los Angeles, Poetry, prose poetry, writing community

Book Review: A Chapbook About Nothing – Scott Cumming

Scott Cumming’s ‘A Chapbook About Nothing’ illustrates the feeling of being a newborn adult. Assumptions of stability trail behind us … More

book review, Poetry, writing community

Violent Delights

hotel rooms with you burn like vodka carpets / my conscience cannot bear the hardship we left behind but then … More

Poetry, poetry community, tanka, tanka poem, writing community

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

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

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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