Category Archives: New Free Verse

Poetry 2012

On the Bluebird to Rochester

The man next to me bummed a cigarette outside, and right after, smoke still strung between us, says he can see my breasts under my blouse.  I smile, say that’s what bras are for and that’s all he’ll get out of … Continue reading

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spamimals

Animals think they’re pretty smart shit on the ground, see in the dark but they do see to not step in their own shit so they are smarter than us.   ***A found poem (the first part), from my spam queue

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If you think I will be nothing without you

What was I before you (?) A halfbaked dream cupcake woman needing icing and your tastebuds to fully become only while being eaten alive?

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I overdosed on miracle berries

you were honey strong enough to melt my smile– shame that our joy was temporary rising from a distorted sense of being

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I Read Job to Be Reminded

It is not God I should accuse but us: We were not there when You laid the foundation when You set the cornerstone. We are flawed with our cracked clay feet, unfit for keeping. Fallen. I read Job to understand awe: We … Continue reading

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Originally posted on this fragile tent:
I would really appreciate your help in getting the message out there about this project- if you are a blogger/facebooker/twitterer would you mind reposting? For a while now, I have been chewing on an…

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This is a rewrite of a poem Polly wrote that I fell in love with over the summer. Have to share it with all of you.

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