Stories tagged poem

At Milepost 33

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I am not sure why I favor forgotten detritus from God's great tumbler...

Shorty

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she worked her way into my arms/tangled, curly hair/half-open cherry mouth/clinging to me like she was my other nut

A Handsome Woman

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The juices dripped down to her heavy breasts since her chin was only there to hold her jaw in place.

The End of a Song

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When I'm crashing on a couch And I sink into the floor And I write what I don't know And I think what is mine alone

Boise Poetry Slam

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The boy buckled in and told his mom, “No mommy, I can do it myself”

Again, the Spring

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Bitterness: Poem

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Standing hard at the windowCold clouds move, slowBlue horizon in the distance—It's just a slice of blue.All this beautyI miss it in the bitterness.I'm consumed by the missingThe emptinessThe unfairnessAlways some unfairness cropping upand capturing joy.Glancing high…

Florida Man Mistakes Girlfriend for Hog, Shoots Her

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Pencil & Paper

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Young girl / Stealing coins from pockets / Getting thrown out of school / The streets suited her well / There she blended

Bullied in the Bible Belt

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Every Monday you brought your Sunday finest to the bus stop...

Party at my Place

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My vagina invites you to a party Whenever your time frees up Or now, Now would be better

Washing Minerva's Hair

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Minerva watched him / her mind was no longer clear and precise / it short-circuited / under the weight of mundane tasks

Iron Angel

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In her soul, she sees beauty, forged in fire.

Summer

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for my father I want to memorize this our time together — what we did without her there to tell me You wouldn't want this life you're not cut out for it — and me the child…

Pile of Fur

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I examined her tattered hide; she had made a nest out of a pile of fur.