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Keeper, Seeker, Dragon of the Sea announcement
My new poetry chapbook, “Keeper, Seeker, Dragon of the Sea” is now available from Bottlecap Press. It’s a narrative, following three perspectives, exploring connection in conflict.
Trick Pony
I’m always grabbing the rug,
pulling it out from under tyrants,
and shredding it right in front of them,
and then in front of wanderers unsuspecting
the tyrants wanted to take on some sleight of hand
carpet ride. Because I’ve this magical power
to squash all trickery, and I don’t like watching
megalomaniacs’ woven enchantments
Bridge
Ah, the enchanting thread—
not the way it connects everyone
but how we’re so enamored
over the part connecting
Dance
It seems the constellations have killed each other.
Leo taking Hercules’ finger, Orion wearing Scorpius’ sting.
I don’t know that we’re fit for the stars.
birch
birch
Read More »When He Prompts Again
If I am whiplash and I am a noun,
then I am injury, and that can’t be right.
But I could be a verb. Am I an action—
a sudden movement causing a turn about?
a human a person a name my name myself me here
i am
Read More »Liminal
There is a seashore
where we relax because the waves
tell us to—
something about low blood sugar and a misogynist playing a triggering song
When I send off towards the side of your ear an earnest,
is that what you’ve brought? and you position yourself to better
figure out your answer, I don’t come and say, hi, are you
okay? so you do the come part while I still don’t say it—
Alphabet Ravine 