Published in The Junction·PinnedMember-onlySki-lodge On EuropaMind over matter — On the ice-fields of Europa, the ghost of a ski-lodge forms, all wooden walls, hot cocoa cups, roaring fires. Flickering in and out of existence. Schools of motile algae flagellate closer to the surface, drawn by the ghost-lights, sipping hydrogen-peroxide cocktails as they watch on. Some 600 million kilometres away…Fiction2 min readFiction2 min read
Published in Scribe·PinnedMember-onlyDon’t Fall in Love With a PoetA poem — I’ll put pen to page Make us live out Every little drama I can think of Dress you in the guise of An astronaut, cowboy, mythical beast You’ll get tired Of donning all these new characters The lines of the script Drop from your hands and blow away With the breeze The costumes are too new They’re scratchy And you change them…Love2 min readLove2 min read
Published in The Junction·PinnedMember-onlyParis 2.0A poem — Paris was peeled apart like a flower in bloom So that all the todays and yesterdays Rested layer upon layer People move about the city With the stop-motion stutter Of fragmented time Dali’s tigers wander the streets Monet’s lilies float through bitumen The Technicolor crackle of old film Heralds the spectre of Gene Kelly, Dancing right through The…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Nov 21, 2022Member-onlySilhouettes and Iceberg TipsI’d like to be quite good at writing. — In exchange you can make my head a yawning wasteland full of monsters. Close like a mouth. Yellow and green. Some place where your feet are always wet and your brain buzzes like bees. Wrap it up in cotton wool layers that give me the illusion of control. Set a…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Scrittura·Aug 7, 2021Member-onlyMy Body is a Sigh.A poem — What colour is sadness? At the end of this scene I will put down the script and raise you screaming and moulting from the dead, just to hold your hand. How does fear work? The thoughts of trees rush overhead unseen, full of yawning hunger and warm, salivating anger at the direction…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in The Bazaar of the Bizarre·Aug 7, 2021Member-onlyArcA poem — Love1 min readLove1 min readPhoto by Shot By Ireland on UnsplashArcA poem----6
Published in Scrittura·Aug 3, 2021Member-onlyAfter Ever HappilyA poem — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min readPhoto by Ella de Kross on UnsplashAfter Ever HappilyA poem----15
Published in Scuzzbucket·Aug 2, 2021Member-onlyUntamed DomesticA poem — Smash the dishes on the floor instead of washing them, we’ll buy new ones. press yourself to me and we’ll forget the state the house is in. love washes the landscape clean, sharp glints of shattered porcelain mimic frozen tundra. the flickering halogen bulb in the kitchen an…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in Scrittura·Jul 30, 2021Member-onlyHaruspexA poem — Strip the meat from chicken bones with dextrous fingers, knot them into bird’s nest red hair; ornamental ivory, flesh-flecked, sticky. Seeking signs in the liver and the brain, arrange intestines into Fibonacci spirals, pluck a claw out etch your name in the dirt, paint my smile bloodied. Eyelids flutter…Poem2 min readPoem2 min read
Published in The Bazaar of the Bizarre·Jul 29, 2021Member-onlyCtrl+C, Ctrl+VA poem — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min readPhoto by Olena Sergienko on UnsplashCtrl+C, Ctrl+VA poem----10
