Throwing it back real quick right here... #yesallwomen_____________________________________________________ BEYOND EVERY CEILING IS THE SKY she came in peace, left pretense at the door let her baggage lose itself on his secret closet’s floor. among the baggage and the skeletons, she knelt to say her prayers, but no matter how she tried to sort them her [...]
Category: poetry
Monthly Meter: September
fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: The White Boy Shuffle - Paul Beatty Secret Shame: my driving persona Mantra of the Moment: Keep going.
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Maafa
So I wrote this new poem. Maafa on a Monday Ride Through the City in Which I Decided I Should Just Go Ahead And Die Alone You have things but say you do not value them, well only my clothes which I keep because they’re quality but I could get rid of if I needed [...]
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Monthly Meter: August
fellowship/publication submissions: 0fellowship/publication acceptances: 0fellowship/publication rejections: 2books: The God of Small Things - Arundhati RoySecret Shame: Let's just say schmoozing is not my strength. And Big Freedia (you already know)!Mantra of the Moment: Ohmmmmmmmmm dingleberries. (And namaste).
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Remembering Hurricane Gaston
August 30thTen years ago this time--6:30 p.m.--I was struggling to get home from work. I was low on gas and cash because I was on a new contract and had been unemployed all summer. As the commute crept along in the rain and its requisite traffic, I calculated how much of both I was using.What [...]
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Who Feels It Knows It
"Unless you know, you don't know." RIP Robin Williams _____________________________________________________ someday you will find this. in some box of old syllabi and grammar drills or with some notes for something i planned to write and revise and publish. you will find it and you'll sit down right where you are. you will stop. stop everything [...]
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Monthly Meter: July
fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: Blood Colony - Tananarive Due Secret Shame: Jim crack corn and I don't care. Mantra of the Moment: Intention.
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Collateral
Collateral 80% civilian. Let that sink in a sec. I don't have the answer to the equation but I think the equation needs to be on the board. Stare at it; the problem may be on your next test and the answer may well cost you your life.
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Monthly Meter: May
fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: Etude - Tiffany Austin How To Read the Air - Dinaw Mengestu Secret Shame: Averageness. Mantra of the Moment: Like there's no tomorrow.
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You Are Here
I went to the animal emergency care with my friend a couple of days ago. This is a big deal in my world. Historically, I have been extremely fearful of dogs, hell pretty much all animals. I’m still uneasy around them when they are unleashed or unhandled, but am not the screaming, heart-pounding wild woman [...]
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