Cross a “t” or dot an “i” and keep your toes on the dotted margin party line. Succinct. No unwinding scrolls, nor loose semicolons. Keep it tight. A locked door. Abbreviated daylight pours in. Continue, young comma. —– Alyssa Trivett is a wandering soul from the Midwest. When not working two jobs, she listens to …
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from “Happy New Year” Freud ate kosher, yes and loved the soaring Shema of Jewish unseen god you and I two Jews with two heads for “them” to lop I hate being sliced Decapitation conturbat [?] me I’d rather be shot in face, friend Pearl’s father goes round with Islamic scholars to make peace! that’s…
I’m a certain red-headed species of human who wishes she looked good in hats whose hair is not a natural color whose smile is not a natural smile. The post Species | Angelica Fuse appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online
They assemble, they note they sway in unison. Ask them the ten question quiz, they will smirk. This they do not note. They have no reason, no remark, no railing force to see what words these demarcations attempt to explore. But hand them the right narrative, let them speak the story from depth of soul…
the colleges, Britain was the culture. American bounty was ignored. Four Mark Rothko murals hung until they were battered and faded in the dining room of Holyoke Center, a large and absurdly ugly brutalist building just off Harvard Square; now they’re in the Fogg Museum, which at the time had a great collection of 19th-century American painting—Winslow Homers,…
Facing a cave wall, some eggheads Considered the etchings and characters Left behind by ancient architects They must have had something in common Head, heart, lust, recipes? But their faces are long buried Beneath tides of earth and moss Someday, they will be in a museum Someday perhaps, they shall be truly rediscovered… The post…
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