Amazing stuff here. I am blessed to be among you amazing poets. Thanks for coming together. I hope you all know how special you are. Fucking beautiful people.
Tasks converted into ice blocks. Closure into trays. Chasms closed with industrial tape. The antinomy of escaping the material through materialization.
It recalls Kim Addonizio's Mortal Trash. She mentions ice cubes A LOT in it.
Wonderful! It reminded me of a time when I intentionally locked my phone, ID, and everything that could identify me as someone who should be responsible in my car and pretended I didn't have a care in the world. Then I shopped for art and jewelry, had lunch overlooking the sea, and almost cried when I recognized I had to go home and back to work. Thanks for the memory.
When you're at work and home in the mundane try to remember that you have to go back to that irresponsible place and state of mind, that you have to go do that again like it's necessary for your survival. If that makes any sense. I will also try doing that too, when I feel the weight of it all.
Just beautiful! Bravo!
Thank you so much!! This was our second AAA group post, our fourth (featuring 19 writers) is going live in a few hours!
You’re welcome to submit something for next week’s group post? 🌪⚡️
Oh. My. What a collection! Superb narration, men. Stunning. Heartbreaking. I was enraptured by every one. 🤍🖤☕
Reading Origin:
'girl untethered, wings unfurled'
Having written that line, you'll find something to like in James Dickie's 'Falling'.
'I am my own invention now'
You've probably read 'All You Zombies' by Robert Heinlein.
I also recommend Valerio Magrelli's [Evenings, when the light dims]. Your line recalls his 'I think of a tailor who is his own cloth'.
Reading some cherry red thing.
'her body making menaces' - I want to body it forth.
Excellent work, all~
Thank you!
Stellar poetry from everyone! What a power house. Best coffee house in the world.
🙏🌪🖤
Amazing stuff here. I am blessed to be among you amazing poets. Thanks for coming together. I hope you all know how special you are. Fucking beautiful people.
Aw
My inspiration right here 🕴️
Which one? There are nine inspo’s, is it your fellow Iowan?
What an excellent collection! I don’t even know where to start between the screens, syndromes, spawning, Sexton, and inviting smiles of suicide.
It was an honor to compile and format these into a collection.
Amazing collection. Quite intense to read them all together. Each one a punch in and of itself. But they went well as a group. Brava!
Thanks so much, Jill!
Amazing poetry here! Big claps to all!
Thank you, Jill ✨
Thank you, Jill 🥹
Thanking youuuuuu 🥰🥰
Ty Jill 🫶
Your poem Adrian—I read it twice. So well written, and deeply sad. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for reading 😉 and for the lovely feedback. I appreciate that very much ❤️🩹
Reading now:
CHEAT DAY
Tasks converted into ice blocks. Closure into trays. Chasms closed with industrial tape. The antinomy of escaping the material through materialization.
It recalls Kim Addonizio's Mortal Trash. She mentions ice cubes A LOT in it.
Ice cubes are so “in” right now 🤳
Obsessed with this!
Lol, like, totes obsessed?!
Like litrelly!
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These are all so fantastic! Really and truly a standout arrangement
There’s no hyperbole; just raw talent.
Thank you for including me - always an honor to be a BCP poet.
Thank you for partaking 🖤🌪
Wonderful! It reminded me of a time when I intentionally locked my phone, ID, and everything that could identify me as someone who should be responsible in my car and pretended I didn't have a care in the world. Then I shopped for art and jewelry, had lunch overlooking the sea, and almost cried when I recognized I had to go home and back to work. Thanks for the memory.
When you're at work and home in the mundane try to remember that you have to go back to that irresponsible place and state of mind, that you have to go do that again like it's necessary for your survival. If that makes any sense. I will also try doing that too, when I feel the weight of it all.
Interesting! I imagine it would have been a liberating experience 🖤🌪.