Thank you Burning House Press for publishing my pieces! Click the link below to see them!! What do you think the B stands for? “I’m not one of these people, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, there are some gay people that won’t like you comparing being bi to the same as being gay.” Good observation. However, I specifically saidContinueContinue reading “My poems published!”
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Sharing beautiful poetry
Found on the Drabble and wanted to share this gorgeous piece. By Siobhan Atkins Who knows the weight of a collapsing star I only know it has crushed me After holding that space alone for so long My arms have given way and folded Concertina-like Against this brittle cold Where even the promise of supernovaContinueContinue reading “Sharing beautiful poetry”
From Burning House Press
2 most excellent poems from Burning House Press that I highly recommend everyone read! Shadow I’m an optimist with a shadow who pops in now and then Just to let me know he’s still around. He lies dormant like a bindweed vein in winter, Waiting, Watching for that glimmer of light Always looming, Anticipating hisContinueContinue reading “From Burning House Press”
For the Floo Girls
The following poem was originally featured at my other writing blog here. My friends and I did a poetry writing challenge in which we wrote pieces inspired by music from Florence and the Machine, and created Floetry. This piece has a particular structure on the page that I cannot replicate through WordPress because HTML isContinueContinue reading “For the Floo Girls”
Weft & Weave
The following is a poem I wrote for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge back in February. Here’s a link to the original page and image that inspired this work: This is just a single piece. A fragment of imagination as a childish version remembers it. Patchwork puzzle piece across America where all highways and blue skies withContinueContinue reading “Weft & Weave”
Drill Sergeant Dad
Happy Fathers’ Day to all the dads out there! Here’s a poem dedicated to my father that I had the honor of getting published in Page & Spine Magazine. Follow the link to read.
No, Thank You. Not Today, Sir
I went to a poetry workshop a couple of months ago for cabaret poetry. It was a new and fun experience. Here’s the work that resulted from that workshop with pictures of me reading. You saw me sitting from across the bar through the smoky curtain of your Cuban cigar. “Mami, pero you’re too prettyContinueContinue reading “No, Thank You. Not Today, Sir”
Carry On Wayward Sons
Originally published on my old writer’s blog here, made for a chapbook for my friend’s birthday. It starts as far back as Michael and Lucifer, two brothers whose love drove to the destruction of Heaven and earth. One loved his Father, and the other adored his brother. This growing separation led to a road ofContinueContinue reading “Carry On Wayward Sons”