Category: Poetry

River, river, I’m broken/sinking down

It’s 4 in the morning and you’re pulling at my bedsheets again. I’d like to think I’m the boulder willing river water into a million little Vs, the shapes of teeth on parted lip, buzzing. In my memory, you appear … Read More

by on

Setbacks

Attack
in the water.
Reached the shoals by backstroke.
As my nerves settled I respired
Sunbathed.

by on

When You Find Yourself

Reach for a hardcover book with his name
sprawled across the top. It’s only natural,
you consider, to be drawn in by philosophers whose
names you once pronounced phonetically.

by on

Song for Us

You brought me orange juice in bed as the sun began to throw its spears into the hanging dust. Anything you’d like to do today? Nothing really, besides the juice. I clicked on the tape we had been listening to. … Read More

by on

The Deal

The deal man.

The fucking deal.

by on

A Few Thoughts on Zayn Malik

“On the long last day of his life, the Buddha sat perfectly still.”

by on

“Brecht in Southampton – Personal Pleasures”

Morning at the coffeeshop Cheating traffic, the back-roads White clouds, the pale sky Parking near water, a book Midday at the bay, the breeze Water on your feet and scallop shells My sister’s laughter—baby mischief, feeling glad Scanning the view, … Read More

by on

Young God

“The young god stumbles / out here”

by on

camelot (2021, elastane)

“you were always guinevere /
and jfk, and i arthur of the cul-de-sac”

by on

Gingko Leaves

“All / Cicero said we need is a library and a garden, so I’ll keep / little brown pots on the windowsills.”

by on

A Trilogy of Poems About English Mountain, Tennessee

“The cemetery pointed the old Dutch pharaohs / Toward their heaven.”

by on

An Alcohol.edu Love Story

“Because the last time we parted ways
Was in the upstairs lobby of McCosh.”

by on