Category Archives: serial

poetry published in serial linked parts

sine wave

There is a pulse that runs from day to day through eyes and skies and determines whether crows gather overhead to pluck out eyes or just to turn the pages of the calendar One day we sing and smile the … Continue reading

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beige

Uncomfortable Listen to a joke in Czech or Serb and wonder if you should laugh at the end or ruin the mood Walk alone into a party of couples and stay alone semi drunk all night Sit in a loud … Continue reading

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chipped paint

The cracking paint gives way in patterned flakes revealing dark bones of this weathered porch. The last coat I laid on I hoped would last, but again undress it with a blade and torch. The naked wood has beauty but … Continue reading

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