Stories tagged poetry

The Woman from Mecca

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We trade broken phrases of English, Arabic...

women at the bar

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“First I had two men in my life,” she says. “Now I have no men in my life.” And I watch her adjusting a strap to keep her shoulder bare. It’s the aspiration of flesh to beauty that is keeping us alive. Cool and warm pastels above her bare arm, warm red

What Exactly Is a Valvis?

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Well, it’s sort of this lonely thing...

Mold

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a form of nihilism is presented / to the mold the polymer made / trees created from this matrix / of petals turned inside out / and rooms furnished by erosion / finally until the fungus bloomed

So what?

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So, what?/ So what?/ So? What?

Honorary Shaman

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The Strummer on my page / thrashes his guitar / in the back seat of / a cherry red Cadillac / convertible

She Called My Poem Nice

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“There is no future in art, you will not change lives with flowery words. Please don’t rock the boat”

The Morning

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Early in the morning I wanted to send you something for when you wake;

Down

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Locked at the highest rung Unable to budge at all

Stray Dream

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I step up to you & say whose woods these are I think I know then walk past you…

Childish

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woke up to the sound of a diesel looked out the window to see i’m not home outta bed to see if you had called not a damn thing on my phone

touch me freely

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I stopped breathing when you came walking by on your sexual axis. Your body with its own inner control, calling out to me, even now. The soul was in your eyes. I could see it there. But the animal was in my body. And I had to tell myself, you can start br

Architecture

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One day, we will see God from our bathroom windows.

icing on the cake

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The sexuality comes over us in waves. We need to hold things, someone. The women, the men, side by side, our features blending together. We notice the small curved lines at the corners of the mouth. We notice everything. And the animal is still inside m

On My 37th Birthday

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My shrink says I need to go out more and socialize./My husband says I need to build up some muscle./My mother says I need to have a baby before my eggs dry up.