Jan 18, 2022Member-onlyCrunch and CrackleThings that could keep you awake — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jan 14, 2022Member-onlyAfterburnNotes from the end of the world — Hello Olympos The gods drank Earth, piercing its rind, sucking its nectar through a metal straw. When it was empty, some of them left for Olympos to forge a better world, fresh and clean and new and Martian red. But the people back on Earth gasping/fleeing/dying forgot/declined/refused to send offerings/sacrifices/bread. And that…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Jan 11, 2022Member-onlyThey FollowA poem about the monsters you don’t see — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jan 9, 2022Member-onlySnakes and Ribbons10 poems about Medusa — Haircut Medusa attended an all-girls’ boarding school. Her roommates said she was scary, that her wriggling tresses never slept, always judged. Kill your hair if you want to be our friend. She stole a knife, grasped a snake. It mewled like a kitten when the blade touched its skin. Medusa’s heart…Medusa3 min readMedusa3 min read
Jan 7, 2022Member-onlyThe Mermaid CycleFour prose poems about mermaids fighting to survive in a polluted ocean. — Hair The blind mermaid rakes five fingers through rough reedy hair. They catch in a tangle of frayed strands twined around smooth plastic circles. She pulls, then tears, freeing a patch of green scalp, a cloud of blood. Her sonic effusion of pain is a fluttery, watery red. Hungry Like all mermaids she…Poem2 min readPoem2 min read
Jan 5, 2022Member-onlyFaster Faster, Stop StopTwo poems about chemical highs and lows — Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Jan 5, 2022Member-onlyAntilove7 short poems that are not about love. — Good and Evil Good pined for evil. She wanted dirty handprints on her pristine robes. Evil burned for good. He wanted to melt her down and mold her in his image. But good couldn’t yield and evil abhorred a mess. They were both disappointed. Free Love He loved her so he set her free. But…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
