Homepage
Open in app
Sign in
Get started
Building Poetry
A house made of poetry. Poems and articles related to poetry live here.
Poems
Articles
Archive
About
Terri Simon
Follow
Inventory
Inventory
It’s funny, not “ha ha,” but you know
Terri Simon
Nov 17, 2020
Being Counted
Being Counted
“How many of you have friends that are Protestant?” It was the ’60s and Vatican II had the Catholics extending an olive branch. The lay…
Terri Simon
Nov 9, 2020
Penance
Penance
The evening sky is cobalt and cloudless, smooth as a porcelain bowl. I still need to make myself remember the blue of your eyes, need to…
Terri Simon
Oct 28, 2020
Poems
The New Normal
The New Normal
From the other room, you should hear a foot fall, the clack of the keyboard, or just the quiet clearing of a throat. You call his name…
Terri Simon
Oct 20, 2020
How Words Taste
How Words Taste
Sometimes the slant of a word, the way it leans in my mouth, makes it heavier than expected.
Terri Simon
Apr 16, 2020
I’ll Never Know Everything About You
I’ll Never Know Everything About You
No matter how many hours I’ve watched you – talking, driving, clacking a keyboard, sleeping – I’ll never be able to trace all the spirals…
Terri Simon
Jan 7, 2020
Confessions of an Amnesiac
Confessions of an Amnesiac
I’ve forgotten — not a thing, not a place, a person. I can’t recall. I almost catch it in my dreams, almost view it from the corner of a…
Terri Simon
Dec 11, 2019
Signs of the Apocalypse
Signs of the Apocalypse
Last night, everyone on the planet
Terri Simon
Nov 20, 2019
Voice of a Fallen Tree
Voice of a Fallen Tree
You, visitor in my woods, see me laying on my Mother, roots to the sky, and think “dead tree” or “so sad.” Let me tell you, you are wrong…
Terri Simon
Oct 23, 2019
About Building Poetry
Latest Stories
Archive
About Medium
Terms
Privacy
Teams