May 19, 2021Member-onlyHow The Nyam Lost Its EyeThe Nyam was a Great and Grumpy Beast, and he had no respect for lovers The children rush around squealing. Vatu tries desperately to corral them, looking over at his wife Pania for help. She shrugs at him, then laughs at his frown. She is reclining on their couch, stomach…Short8 min readShort8 min read
May 18, 2021Member-onlyThe PalaceGet in. Execute. Get Out. The club is packed tight with young, attractive revelers. Tessa moves across the dimly lit warehouse floor, scanning the crowd for her target. Lights pulse as she stalks through clouds of colored smoke. A year ago, in a different life, maybe she would have partied…Short8 min readShort8 min read
Apr 21, 2021Member-onlyPeachesMay I Tell You the Story of a Family Feared? May I tell you the story of a family feared? Deep in the south In the backwoods Past the lightning-split boughs Yes, the broken down trees Where the earth has churned anew from destruction Here there are black bodies Yes, black…People Of Color2 min readPeople Of Color2 min read
Apr 15, 2021Member-onlyIn Autumn, I Will Be On LuneraA Cyberpunk Poem About Leaving Home In autumn, I will be on Lunera And so I venture to collect good memories now My home becomes a sense map An evocative symphony Morning is slow ritual Running my hand along sheets whose dream-texture startles me Birds set up market somewhere in the street and I pause…Poem2 min readPoem2 min read
Mar 5, 2021Member-onlyCast OutHeading East of Eden Everything changes in a moment But I do not regret the feeling And you, so divine take no prisoners You Crack me open Eat my heart Palm to palm I submit Lightning cannot choose between us It’s too wonderful to think I knew they’d banish us Cannot…Queer1 min readQueer1 min read
Feb 23, 2021Member-onlyParent-Teacher ConferencesThis Poem is Just For Fun We know the effect we have on these people You and I We see them brace as we grow close See them tremble Your keen ears can almost hear the little sighs they let escape No one likes when we visit We enter, dark…Parenting1 min readParenting1 min read
Jan 21, 2021Member-onlyCan I Feel Safe Now?An Inauguration Day Poem Can I exhale now? Can my waist crack and Stomach slump May I let the impatient air rush back To starveling lungs? Am I foolish to ask? The tears don’t come at first Oh no, this veil’s been sewn too well Too much has damaged this gaze I clamp…Inauguration2 min readInauguration2 min read
Dec 17, 2020Member-onlyA Girl Deposits WishesA Poem I wish I had a mind that could hold my triumphs for longer than mere moments That could slow down To collect the sweetness From my greatness Perhaps then I would believe in it I wish I had a heart Light as the one I carried in childhood When I…Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Dec 14, 2020Member-onlyAmerica Is HauntedWe imagine strong walls will protect us from the feeling…. I have never seen This much infernal earth Still get lauded as hallowed ground Can’t you feel it? Souls scream out from the ground here An amalgamation of history and horror stories Whisper on the wind Our food grows in fields messy with the matter…Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Dec 3, 2020Member-onlyWinter WhiteA Poem About Cold Hearts Her cloak is a stark drop of blood Racing across winter’s ground It’s all too quiet Once the cacophony of Needles And nettles The forest carpet Would have heralded her arrival Now there’s only a soft crunch The witch is at first unkind When the girl…Poem2 min readPoem2 min read
