"Freon and Foreplay" By Dustin TriplettCopyright ©2025The AC’s dead,and sweat clings like guilt.Humidity sags on the ceiling fanlike a drunk uncle at a wedding.Enter:The Repair Guy—clipboard tucked like a sidearm,mutterin...

My first attempt at writing poetry a little more...explicit...is now published over at Bare Back Mag. 🫣 Feedback is welcome! haha

#EroticPoetry #NSFWPoetry #MissouriPoet #StLouisPoetry #MidwestPoet #MissouriWriters #StLouisWriters #MOpoetry #MissouriAuthor

The Bed Is Still Warm (denial), Discretionary Love The clock coughs up another minute, but you’re just in the shower, I tell myself, even as mildew blooms like rot in your toothbrush cup.

The Bed Is Still Warm (Denial), is now live on Discretionary Love! It’s about the space someone leaves behind and how that space keeps breathing without them. #poetry #MissouriWriters #MidwestPoetry #StLouisWriters #PoetsOfMissouri #MissouriLit #BlueskyPoets

So honored to win this award. It's the most important book I've written, a faith-based picture book about God's call to take care of Earth. I hope winning helps to raise #ClimateAwareness to fight this existential threat. #EarthDay #kidlit #kidlitart #MissouriWriters