BlogHide Resteemstawniwaters (42)in poetry • 7 years agoNOT I DO, BUT I AMThis is me last night. I babysat my brother's pit bull, Enzo (with whom I'm wildly in love), which meant I had my brother's whole mountain cabin all to myself. I said I was going to take advantage…tawniwaters (42)in life • 7 years agoConfessions of a Conduit: What Magdalene Wrote in the Sand when the Mob was GoneI am obsessed with Mary Magdalene. A third of my first poetry collection, Siren Song, was dedicated to Mary Magdalene persona poems. She fascinates me partly because I think she was a force more…tawniwaters (42)in life • 7 years agoTAKING MY BODY BACKOver the past six months, I've lost 25 pounds. I know it's not a ton, compared to some, but I'm super happy about it because of what it symbolizes. I did it for many reasons, the main one being…tawniwaters (42)in life • 7 years agoBe. Be. Be.Every human being is a litmus test for other human beings. The way I respond to you has a lot to do with me and a little to do with you. The way you respond to me has a lot to do with you and a…tawniwaters (42)in life • 7 years agoLOVE YOU!Few things make your stay on earth less pleasant than hating the package you came in. All circumstances, all places, all people, pass out of your field of vision, but your body is with you every…tawniwaters (42)in poetry • 7 years agoHAGSEED DETHRONED: AKA APOCALYPSE AVERTED (a poem)I slept almost zero last night, mostly because I was up writing this. I am grateful to my anti-muse, the un-illustrious Hagseed (the central character in a book of poems I'm working on called The…tawniwaters (42)in life • 7 years agoA Love Song for 2017:It’s almost here, a year that 30 years ago, I could have never fathomed living to see. 2018. Weird. I still swear it’s 1999, 2000 tops, but here we are, almost in the third decade of the new…tawniwaters (42)in poetry • 7 years agoWHAT THEY COULDN’T STEALThey have made a ruin of our temple. They have slaughtered 777 sacred cows and ground them into meat. They set up tents in parks, pass out Pabst Blue Ribbon, serve up blasphemy burgers with sour…tawniwaters (42)in poetry • 7 years agoDay of the DeadCorpses howl in the streets, clacking corroded teeth, and I should be scared, but I’m not. I weave them marigold crowns, lie down among the headstones, call them to me to talk. We know secrets, we…tawniwaters (42)in funny • 7 years agoA Pushing Forty Woman Roller Skates Using Only Her Uncle Cleetus Body” (In the interest of transparency, I should begin by saying I wrote this a few years ago. I'm no longer pushing forty. I'm pulling it.) In P.E. class, I was that kid. The Lucy from Charlie Brown…tawniwaters (42)in tawniwaters • 7 years agoWELCOME TO MY JUNGLEWhat a stupid title. If you're still reading, you're a very generous person who gives even losers the benefit of the doubt. I commend you for it. Titles are not my specialty. I've published three…
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