Lizzie Madloch : Writing

unfettered.

unfettered.

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


I paint myself in your image.Read books after my story’s told.Go to concerts with your arm around my shoulderslike a well-secured life vest. You..
revelation

revelation

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


In a world too tight to fit into yesterday’s shirtwe learn to live with the factthat rings get too tight and passions wiltand cigarettes go from..
hyper-sexualized

hyper-sexualized

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


I am hot.Not sultry or sexy,just sweaty;nothing here you can fantasize over.I am hot and stickyand this is not the beginning of a porno.I don’t ..
realization.

realization.

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


I’m sorry to break it to youbut if you still write poetry about himyou still care.
archives of my past faces

archives of my past faces

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


I write some poems to win contestsand get printed in glossy magazines.I write poems that look neat on the pageand post them on social media.I write po..
after morning sex

after morning sex

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


Writing is a priority(in theory)Your hands are just hands(but how they made my body dance)Daybreak means crusty eyes and groans(have you looked outsid..
the world painted by you

the world painted by you

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


The words don’t exist on this page, they simmer. (My tongue red-hot and tired from making corrections...
to do list (after the breakup):

to do list (after the breakup):

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


inspired by Rupi Kaur’s poem of the same name
poem 33 in my notebook

poem 33 in my notebook

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


you are deadbut in my dream last night you were alive and beautiful carrying on carefree typical frustrated genius potential.you might be here in me, ..
not a first love poem

not a first love poem

A Poem by Lizzie Madloch


We’ve come to the agreement of holding each others hearts in scratched-up handsneither daring to take a too-deep breath.We’ve both been hu..