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Resolutions and Poem Drafts

Posted on January 7, 2020June 14, 2020 by Sophie

I have a 365 day poem book, and I don’t really use it much. I get this idea at the beginning of every year that I’m going to write a poem draft every day, and I get up to maybe day four and never touch it again. … Continue reading »Resolutions and Poem Drafts

Categories: On Writing

REVIEW: Pretty Dirty Things

Posted on September 21, 2019June 14, 2020 by Sophie

It was, as is so often the case, the cover that caught my eye. I was in Unity Books, browsing the stacks for a bit of contemporary something or other. Something a little bit femme fatale suited my mood.    … Continue reading »REVIEW: Pretty Dirty Things

Categories: Reading, Reviews

POEM: Untitled 273

Posted on March 27, 2019June 14, 2020 by Sophie

I’m a person who suffers
quietly. … Continue reading »POEM: Untitled 273

Categories: Poetry

POEM: Dec-Jan

Posted on January 11, 2019October 25, 2019 by Sophie

It has been three days and I
can’t remember the steps. … Continue reading »POEM: Dec-Jan

Categories: Poetry

POEM: The Strange Signals of Being Human

Posted on April 25, 2018February 6, 2019 by Sophie

  Toynbee idea in movie 2001 resurrect dead plan Jupiter Everyone is entitled to their own mythology.   Set your rhetorical devices, and keep them charged.   Max Headroom – I still see the X   They built a complex … Continue reading »POEM: The Strange Signals of Being Human

Categories: Poetry

POEM: Amitriptyline

Posted on January 18, 2018February 6, 2019 by Sophie

Many dreams and darkness into uncounted minutes It’s hard to stay here counting missed medications I find some comfort in the night but I wake up with the guilt of not sleeping It’s hard to stay here                                              counting missed medications … Continue reading »POEM: Amitriptyline

Categories: Poetry

POEM: The Hunters

Posted on October 11, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

They should not have come. The stars sat above with silver hats And golden eyes, whispering platinum secrets to the distant drops of steel that stalked so far below. And here the steel-men’s goal: With diamond secrets threaded through their … Continue reading »POEM: The Hunters

Categories: Poetry

POEM: Unchaste

Posted on September 28, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

I try to avoid envy but I am a post-therapy artist. Lover of foul language and Bad Thoughts Visitors from insomnia A word needs inventing for when she climbs down from the sky   I try to avoid envy but … Continue reading »POEM: Unchaste

Categories: Poetry

The Revolution Will Be Recorded In Stream-Of-Consciousness Poetry

Posted on August 17, 2017June 14, 2020 by Sophie

I got a tickle in my throat on Saturday, and ever since I have been on guard for the threat of an incoming cold. Apparently this one is going around, and it’s a slow-burn illness that’s a pain in the … Continue reading »The Revolution Will Be Recorded In Stream-Of-Consciousness Poetry

Categories: On Writing

Uphill Grind

Posted on July 12, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

Look at me, getting another blog post written on the right day like some kind of competent motherfucker. Little do they know I’m pulling things out of the ether at 9pm on a Wednesday with no plan! So anyway, read … Continue reading »Uphill Grind

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