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Carrie Padian
Carrie Padian writes poems about bodies and things. Her work can be found in Voicecatcher, Straight Forward Poetry, and Code Poems among others.
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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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286 views
Lately / I’m findinga footholdin my griefby casuallybuying smallthings likeorganiceyelineror recycledmarkersor cottondishclothsthat will savethe…
Blazing
Carrie Padian
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199 views
What Idiscoveredwas the pitin my stomachstartedas a seedthe sadness onetear spreadingover the delicatepink liningmy middlegrowingdown intosoft…
Optics
Carrie Padian
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1,034 views
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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246 views
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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218 views
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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204 views
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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191 views
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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March 18, 2020
Amy Pickworth
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3,438 views
The sun doesn’t appear / to know the angel of death / is lurking near, hissing quiet, / passing over (or not). / / My lush daughter is / …
California Eclogue No. 1
Jess Burnquist
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242 views
Rounding the bend on Los Virgenes, / it happens every time. The canyon turns ocean / and I begin to cry. Salt-water heart, still so dry / from all…
Evening at Wyatt Detention Facility,…
Amy Pickworth
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387 views
Sparrows occasionally flutter by, / negotiating the miles of barbed wire / that encircle the air and the building. / In one room the lights…
Freeform Affidavit
Jess Burnquist
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1,502 views
I will never regret the secrets I have kept. // Sometimes, though, they escape as a hiss. / // / The secrets I have kept belong to him as…
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