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Blue Moons Over Soho

London is a city I never knew. I had fantastical notions of what it was like, but I wouldn’t find … More

autofiction, CNF, London, 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

Don’t Say Goodbye

A Villanelle Rotten like an apple, we were doomed from the very start. Mangled like a sickly cat, I hurl … More

death, Poetry, poetry community, sadness, Sylvia Plath, villanelle, 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

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

Diary Entry/17.01.22

Every few months, I wonder if I’m a blowfish whose bursts of inflation go unnoticed by the other fish, but … More

depression, diary entry, Greatness, Imposter Syndrome, insecurity, mental health, 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

Discussion of the Day: The Mother’s Paradox

For most of us, the idea that the sole purpose of women was to have children has long since died. … More

anti natalism, essay, paradox, philosophy, writing community

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