Jessica M. Lundquist : Writing

On Using Your Arm as an Airbag

On Using Your Arm as an Airbag

A Poem by Jessica M. Lundquist


I like to think of myself as holding the world in my hands. Not power-hungry holding the world or God-complex holding the world �..
Old Spice

Old Spice

A Poem by Jessica M. Lundquist


Is this men's deoderant?I ask as I fish it outof my friend's toiletry bag.Yeah! she said,and smeared a couple swipesunder her shirt.It works better, s..
La Marcha (The March)

La Marcha (The March)

A Story by Jessica M. Lundquist


Just a short reflection on a very vivid memory I carried back with me from Buenos Aires - enjoy! Comments welcome.
Ghosts Revisited

Ghosts Revisited

A Poem by Jessica M. Lundquist


Yes, the nerves are like tombs,but there has been no death --save the many repetitionsof a strangling in the depthsA submersionand resurfaceand a stra..
Retrieval

Retrieval

A Poem by Jessica M. Lundquist


Buddyis the golden retriever that lives next door.I can't be sureof the length of his lifebut that it has been scarcely walked outside the fence that ..
Sixteenths-Pressed

Sixteenths-Pressed

A Poem by Jessica M. Lundquist


How many times have I opened will I open this flimsy sheet sixteenths-pressed and folded unfolded refolded read the letters that make the words that m..
The Ties that Bind

The Ties that Bind

A Poem by Jessica M. Lundquist


Written Fall 2012, near the holidays.
Tangible the Solidarity

Tangible the Solidarity

A Poem by Jessica M. Lundquist


The nights began --A too-spacious twin bed, all the spaces of the still square screamingtangible the solidaritysuffocating, the openness --body smell ..
Corduroy Jacket

Corduroy Jacket

A Poem by Jessica M. Lundquist


still, the corduroy jacket gripped in my fingers, ear pressed to your thumping heart -- slow breathing -- lingering, holding off… ..
Birthday Box

Birthday Box

A Poem by Jessica M. Lundquist


There is a person inside you -- wrapped up. And as you live each day out, layers are uncovered as tissue from a birthday box..

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