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Tag: poem

Poem with Tiramisu, Sibling Past Thirty-Eight by Jon Riccio

Posted on November 15, 2020 by The Selkie

Poetry | We eat at Olive Garden after learning if our father / had stronger kidneys a portion of his intestines
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Poet Trying On A Western by Leslie Grollman

Posted on November 4, 2020 by The Selkie

Poetry | Leslie’s asking the important question: why not…? […]

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Take It from Someone Who Knows by Hanna Thomas Uose

Posted on November 4, 2020 by The Selkie

Poetry | Hanna teaches you how to love yourself.  […]

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Onomatopoeia of Lost Words by Maryam Gowralli

Posted on November 4, 2020 by The Selkie

Poetry | Maryam draws inspiration from her diasporic Trinidadian-Indian and Indonesian tribal heritage. […]

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Portra by the Sea by Autumn Stiles

Posted on November 4, 2020 by The Selkie

What of the fisherman skulks / in your heart? / What husks of hull sit rusting / ironed dull by sea over / sand over sea?
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Anorexic Erotic Dream by Becca McGilloway

Posted on November 4, 2020 by The Selkie

In a bathtub / rimmed in lime / basil salts, I take / a spoon
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Whip Stitch by Becca McGilloway

Posted on November 4, 2020 by The Selkie

I used to sew / along the edge of my body / – to interrupt / the Mare unraveling / my stitched skin. […]

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John the Baptist as Whale by Josie Jocelyn Deane

Posted on November 4, 2020 by The Selkie

There are two elements: / The voice and the wilderness of / Ocean — both thoroughly defined / though one, more wholly —

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Well-Tempered by Meghan Purvis

Posted on November 4, 2020 by The Selkie

I am tremendous fun at dinner parties / I say this as a joke but it’s true, I talk / and hardly pause for breath, a ticking metronome / of story punchline setup story and only rest a moment
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For the Bear by Meghan Purvis

Posted on November 4, 2020 by The Selkie

When they decided to kill the priest it was winter / and they wanted it slow. They led him out barefoot / to a steaming pot, and had us each take turns / dipping an enormous ladle, black from other hands.
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