I loved these so much, I just had to share them. They're from the collection Bone Map, by Sara Eliza Johnson. I've been reading and re-reading it off and on for the last couple of weeks. The following two are my favourites, though. Partly because they remind me of certain characters, but mostly just because I find the language lovely. It's ( Read more... )

Finished reading as if by E D Blodgett... I'm unsure whether to call it one long poem in three sections, or three long poems, or a bunch of untitled poems that all link together. I guess it's all three at once. It might be worth taking a look at if one can get one's hands on it; I found it lovely, though best read in pieces ( Read more... )

I was going to copy this out longhand to keep for myself, but then it occurred to me that maybe others would enjoy it, too.

It's published in Runaway Dreams, which is an excellent volume and in truth has so much awesome work in it that it's really hard to pick favourites. Go read it if you love poetry - totally worth it. I'm not sure how easily ( Read more... )