Stories tagged poetry

Against Nothing

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To be free of pain. Is that what we all want?

The Body in the Other Room

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I couldn’t parse the grammar of her body nor decode the secret softness of her neck.

Twilight, Nov. 07, 05:50am

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Light spreads its way across the sky like a drop of inkon dry cotton sheets:starts at one point and expandsas wind shufflesover bodies, seashoist your sailsand I'll throw this oneoverthe night can have itnowhear the waveshow they seem satisfiedwith their…

The Technicolour Hours

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The other night / I dreamt I was an astronaut

Moon in Water

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(rain)

The Work of Beauty

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the steady, persistent work of beauty

Don’t Carry the World

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On hot Southern days / when the air shimmered

Giant Lobster Hands

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He sure can play piano With those giant lobster hands In his ratty raccoon coat And his old black cowboy hat They really do express What’s been hidden deep Inside his heart and limbs That makes every woman weep His boots of Spanish lea

Whoami

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A woman with fallen breasts is attempting to hang her laundry on a string. Two tall men mount horses and ride them into the meadow. A squad of children wrap themselves around a playground.

Playlist

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I made you a playlist

Deep June Pool

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I may be the shadow that I am, but I only ever loved you.

Arcade

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My father owned a penny arcade. I worked for him every summer all during my youth. My job was to hand green tickets to customers who achieved a certain score on Skee-Ball or shuffleboard. The coupons could be redeemed for merchandise which we had on display on…

The Undertaker Birds

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Sandbled, undertaker birds arrive

This Is Living, She Said

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I have a hard time getting out Unless it’s really important like work I told myself wake up early Get some coffee, but I oversleep I had a massage therapist come to my house And I thought this is living I’m getting a kitty after my vac

Artefact

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The only thing I have left of my maternal grandfather is a small hand-held mirror made of ivory.It sits in the upstairs bedroom dresser drawer …