Read "what one can see in the dark" in my new book W/Make (Bottlecap Press). This poem won the Susan Maxwell Campbell Prize (The Poetry Society of Texas).
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child in snug lean against a mother's ribs, the book splayed before us, from "voice like linen" by Corbett Buchly
Read "voice like linen" in my new book W/Make (Bottlecap Press). This poem first appeared in Quail Bell Magazine (and was first written as a Mother's Day gift!)
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but your eyes pinned back like slick barrettes/you, unlike this distracted mortal see everything, sky and ground, past and predator/the worm slips easily into your hinged beak, from "timberdoodle" by Corbett Buchly
Read "timberdoodle" in my new book W/Make (Bottlecap Press). This poem first appeared in The Fourth River.
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Read "upon entering her garden" in my new book W/Make.
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Read "how to determine whether you're standing up straight" in my new book W/Make.
First published in The Champagne Room Journal.
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the gamblers on their smart phones, playing fantasty poetry league, badgerig each other to trade this lyricist for that language poet, from "vision board" by Corbett Buchly
Read "vision board" in which I imagine what poetry could mean to the world at large. Hey, it could happen.
First published in The River.
For all the poems, find them here: bottlecap.press/products/wma...
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when did they first replace the processed snacks in the break room vending machine with poems, from "vision board" by Corbett Buchly
What's on your vision board?
Read "vision board" and other poems in my chapbook "W/Make" (Bottlecap Press). This poem 1st published in The River.
Purchase here: bottlecap.press/products/wma...
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Read "considering the audience" and other poems in my chapbook "W/Make" (Bottlecap Press). This poem 1st published in The Ravens Perch.
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we wait for the rumble that starts in the wet light and ends in our veins, from the "film" by Corbett Buchly
Read "the film" and other poems in my chapbook "W/Make" (Bottlecap Press). This poem won The Pauline Durrett Robertson Award.
Purchase here: bottlecap.press/products/wma...
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Read "gates" and other poems in my chapbook "W/Make" (Bottlecap Press). This poem 1st published in Stone Poetry Quarterly.
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the sermons have suggested that any portal will do us, we can ride the flattened wave, the flash and dazzle of lithe and youthful form, the pulse of fire and vulgar song, from "gates" by Corbett Buchly
Read "gates" and other poems in my chapbook "W/Make" (Bottlecap Press). This poem 1st published in Stone Poetry Quarterly.
Purchase here: bottlecap.press/products/wma...
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the bob of fur on his tail swished across the page stirring trouble and ideas, from "the line abused" by Corbett Buchly
Read "the line abused" and other poems in my chapbook "W/Make" (Bottlecap Press). This poem 1st published in the Rio Grande Review.
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Read "the line abused" and other poems in my chapbook "W/Make" (Bottlecap Press). This poem 1st published in the Rio Grande Review.
Purchase here: bottlecap.press/products/wma...
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Read "among primrose" and other poems in my chapbook "W/Make" out by Bottlecap Press.
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the sky crying
a thousand meters up
my face crying
just eye-level
both of us
making the ground soft
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A soft reminder from Nature Speaks:
Nature has always been speaking, in songs, winds, sunsets, and seasons.
This poem invites us back into harmony with the natural world.
Share this with someone who loves poetry.
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“I feel a gravitational pull to art—” 🧲✨
Archipel #32: carawaterfall.substack.com/p/32-sloan-a...
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A free verse poem for the victims of a celebrity. Read on Substack!⬇️
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From Percy Bysshe Shelley himself, one of the greats in verse.
His most famous poem is probably 'Ozymandias' - etched into our cultural fabric.
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A free verse poem about love. Read on Substack!⬇️
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A free verse poem for My Crush. Read on Substack!⬇️
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A free verse poem about a mystery text. Read on Substack!⬇️
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A throwback free verse poem about being yourself. Read on Substack!⬇️
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New free verse poem for a special day. Read on Substack!⬇️
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New free verse poem for Mental Health. Read on Substack!⬇️
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New free verse poem for my old blog. A little creative way to say bye to my old home for writing. Read on Wordpress!⬇️
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New free verse poem dedicated to my brothers. Read on Substack!⬇️
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New free verse poem about life. Read on Substack!⬇️
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New free verse poem about P.T.S.D. Read on Vocal Media!⬇️
https://vocal.media/poets/p-t-s-d
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Tantrum! A free verse poem about having tantrums. Read on Vocal Media!⬇️
vocal.media/poets/tantru...
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