In the latest issue of Pirene’s Fountain, I review All that Gorgeous Pitiless Song by Rebecca Foust.
Poem: Halloween Warming
graveyards & jellyfish & love
hide under your covers
when light goes gray
they want to be warm too
& two will share their heat:
the burning called a sting,
the warmth of flesh like a compost heap
Written in response to Big Tent Poetry’s Monday Prompt for 18 October 2010—Though I didn’t end up writing a very scary poem, I did, in accord with the prompt, begin with three frightening things.
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Poem: In Another(‘s ) Night
white sheets creased sharp
between their twisted bodies,
muscles straining joints to touch
skin cotton refuses to let
feel let you feel
scars from where the sheets broke glass
last time she loved she won't
look in the mirror anymore —you'd kiss her shoulder if she c(oul)d see
instead she moulds white paint like shaving cream
on canvas letting your beard grow
is useless to her grief
a face she doesn't know
written in response to Mag 37
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Poem: The Soloist
glossy purple lips pluck
drooping nylon strings
hooked into the muddy gourd
before we made a doll out of her skin
we asked her to extract pulp & seeds
on the staircase where our tea
over-steeped, turned bitter
we don't recall her name
she's kissing our song
Written in response to Big Tent Poetry’s Monday Prompt for 11 October 2010
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Short Story: Summer Camp
My short story, Summer Camp, has appeared online at The Fringe.
Poem: Leaving Autumn
every window opens with the right blade
I let you in my grain
dark home
and now regret the light
you let in & left
me with only filters
to turn sky sepia
and the leaves
which will soon fall
written in response to Mag 36
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