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Tracy always wanted to become the greatest poet of her generation after she read Plath and said to herself, “I can do better”. She read Di..

In a backyard, down by the babbling brook notorious for never being able to keep a secret, the police dug up the bones of small children. “Ther..

I was the first to claim you. You were my El Dorado. But even the novelty of a City made entirely out of gold Passes by as I crumble the hopes An..

There are two things that a poet should never do. Force a poem into existence. And think that you know what a poem is or is not.

I now own a copy of Finnegan’s Wake. It sits on my bookshelf between my copies of The Catcher in the Rye and Swann’s Way. I keep tellin..

By time I was 17 I had given up writing love poems And trying to win the hearts of young Girls with lyrical beauty and sensitivity I realized that..

There is not much difference Between you and me. Strip us naked, put the lights on us And we are the same. Flaccid skin that hides our Fears..

My kitchen door was wide open This morning. The cats just stared Like orphans into the yard. There was a note taped to my Fridge. I sat down and..

Gnomey comes across one of his foes, The Badgering Badger.

It is Halloween but Gnomey doesn't want to go to the dance. What will get him to go?