Countertopics №11 — What’s Next in My Mouth Within the window and counted

Countertopics №11 — What’s Next in My Mouth #lyricalessay
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After many requests, I'm finally putting together this hour-long workshop on how to put together the best opening lines for a novel to hook your readers and an agent. Spots are limited since I like to really interact with my students, please DM me or reply for your spot!

Broken Spring An alarm that didn’t come off

Broken Spring #poem #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

Caving to the Pressure Each pebble, a fulcrum

Caving to the Pressure medium.com/the-crooked-... #poem

Astronomer In the dark we see the faintest light

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Goodbye 2025 Where was I a year ago? All the things I didn’t know And then one day I couldn’t go Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!

Goodbye 2025 #poem #selfie
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Other Plans Pretty Polly

Other Plans #poem medium.com/the-crooked-...

It Seems a Shame It seems a shame But of course It isn’t

It Seems a Shame #poetry #visualpoetry #micropoem medium.com/the-crooked-...

What was his name? A pleasant fellow to be sure Rosy-cheeked But aren’t we all in crisp December? Or maybe it was merely Those bright white whiskers Giving…

A poem in the spirit of the season medium.com/the-crooked-...

A Broken Snowman (Silly boy)

A Broken Snowman #poem medium.com/@doodleslice...

Visual Poetry Two Poems

Two Poems #poetry #visualpoem medium.com/the-crooked-...

Contrition What my pencil sorrows, my eraser absolves

Contrition #poem #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

Pink Fog and See Small Soft Steps

Pink Fog and See #poem medium.com/the-crooked-...

Seagull Memories With apologies to Richard Bach and the third grader that I was

Seagull Memories #poetry medium.com/the-crooked-...

Whether Report There’s something knotting in Denmark

Whether Report #poem #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

One Late Night Bite The Hygienist’s Lament

One Late Night Bite #poem #halloween #illustration #humor #horror
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Ring a Ding Ding Hitting Snooze Beneath the Guillotine

Ring a Ding Ding #poem #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

Quibbles But the feathers tickle my throat

Made a video reading of Quibbles doodleslice.substack.com/p/quibbles

Quibbles But the feathers tickle my throat

Quibbles #poem #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

Braggart Look at ME Being modest

Braggart #micropoem #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

Hope Spring Unseasoned

Hope Spring #poem #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

Forever Greeting A shave and a haircut…

Forever Greeting #poem #illustration
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The Crooked Circle Confluence of Poetry, Round 1 | Crooked Circle Press Born from an online literary community and forged in the spaces between healing, humor, and haunting truth, The Crooked Circle: Confluence of Poetry, Round 1 brings together a chorus of distinct voice...

Excited to share that I have 6 previously unpublished poems debuting in this new independent anthology www.crookedcirclepress.com/product-page... #poetry

Day Dreams at Night A little

Day Dreams at Night #poem #illustration
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Feather Grained Trout doubt

Feather Grained #poem #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

Un Named A bit off this one

Un Named #poem #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

Bird Tales A little Birdy told Me

Bird Tales #poetry #illustration medium.com/the-crooked-...

Wolf Child Disguised

Wolf Child #poem medium.com/the-crooked-...

Restless Stone Unskipped

Restless Stone #poem medium.com/the-crooked-...

Oft Mantra Whispered or mouthed

Oft Mantra #poem medium.com/the-crooked-...