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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.

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

294 views

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

Blazing

Carrie Padian

206 views

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

Optics

Carrie Padian

1,045 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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I wonder ifit feels righteous as hellto be a beeand stingintruders threateningthe hiveallowedin that momentto be angryin that momentto attackand…

Chin Fuzz

Carrie Padian

226 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

211 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

198 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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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

252 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

401 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

1,512 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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