Stories tagged poem

Night Sky, North Texas

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I want to know which way is north. Your sprawl erases cardinal points

Archaeology

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to resurrect the dead/ to bread and wine

Why I Can't Write Romance

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But all I see, the only irresolute shape in my mind that forms and becomes real, is you.

Archaeology

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to resurrect the dead/ to bread and wine

Plume

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Gossamer wisps bloom in the barren air.

A Shower of Rain

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So, yes, there is a sprinkle of belief

I am the Ship

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I'm the vessel that'll sniff out the wharf's of old,they call me bold for bounding seas,they whispers rumors of my unstable ease,what's a life without vanishing into the falling pink fold,Ululating tides spray brisk bounties of water on board,squabs with new wings…

A Shower of Rain

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You have at least an intermittent belief.

Social Network Lament

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but then I realize/ in a shame of mirror light

The Front Window at Starbucks, NYC

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His eyes drift over the body of every woman who enters Starbucks, even though he’s old enough to be their father or grandfather, still his eyes are aware of every shape passing by, refusing to let go, and die. Maybe they’re speaking Polish or

Vitreous

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Damn our small chameleon heartsthat turn obsidian-black and hardthen break to edges sharp as glassand must then open tender flesh to prove how sharply broken they are.

Vitreous

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Damn our small chameleon hearts/ that turn obsidian-black and hard

The Silver Balloon

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one of those love poem things

Warm Sap Haiku

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A/ florid world replies.

Me. No, you. No, me.

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Sunset swoony love waves crash over me and I forget why I didn’t say yes sooner