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Carrie Padian

Carrie Padian writes poems about people things. Her work can be found in Voicecatcher, Straight Forward Poetry, and Code Poems among others.

Recent Work

If she fits

Carrie Padian

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They sent / Willow’s / ashes back / to us in a small / box / which I think / is delightful / because what / does a cat / love more / than a / box /…

Mostly useless

Carrie Padian

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Lately / I’m findinga footholdin my griefby casuallybuying smallthings likeorganiceyelineror recycledmarkersor cottondishclothsthat will savethe…

Blazing

Carrie Padian

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What Idiscoveredwas the pitin my stomachstartedas a seedthe sadness onetear spreadingover the delicatepink liningmy middlegrowingdown intosoft…

Optics

Carrie Padian

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You ever take / a picture ofyourselfand youthink omfgI am sogoodat selfiesnow everyonewill knowhow beautiful Iam lookat this internetbut deepdown…

Swarm

Carrie Padian

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I wonder ifit feels righteous as hellto be a beeand stingintruders threateningthe hiveallowedin that momentto be angryin that momentto attackand…

Chin Fuzz

Carrie Padian

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I chose my gender / Like a non-dominant speaker / Getting in a customs line / At the airport / Jostling shoving / I think this is right / I…

On Empty

Carrie Padian

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A hypothetical man / In the coffee shop / Eyes my bagel / Piled high / With golden / White cream / Cheese / He leans in / Two steps / From…

Everybody loves pie

Carrie Padian

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I don’t understand / Why you won’t / Invite me in / I’ve been waiting / On the porch / A long time / And look / I brought wine / And bolt…

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Consider Me Your Future

Jess Burnquist

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A Samurai rests toward the sound / Of sun melting snow. / Elm branches slope and point / In the direction of time turning. / Earth’s belly has…

Colossus

Amy Pickworth

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WOMEN: Happy are we, the women / in capris who sail / into your parking lot, who swarm / through your automatic doors / into this bright,…

Trigger Warning

Jess Burnquist

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In the library a student I don’t know // exclaims that over a million people died on his birthday— / he is smiling as if this fact has given him…

Empty Plate with Sword

Jess Burnquist

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My people once held fire in their palms // Masked as hot prayers. Masked as breath turned frost when the lungs, exhausted, / Gave into the cold…

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