Moving forward, I want my disease to be my companion,
\nso she can help me write my canon.<\/p>\n
Eclipse<\/strong><\/p>\n I borrowed the eyes of an eclipse, I saw a secret, which is to say \u2013 to borrow eyes from not a friend, but Mother to see what I can\u2019t see unseen.<\/p>\n Gunshot romance<\/strong><\/p>\n There\u2019s a girl sitting next to me, How Terrifying\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n How terrifying death is Kindness <\/strong><\/p>\n Sometimes human kindness Nausea<\/strong><\/p>\n There is nothing more repulsive Waterfall <\/strong><\/p>\n I want my thoughts When\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n When every word you\u2019ve used Putting the indexes out, Robin Ouzman Hislop is Editor of Poetry Life and Times<\/a> ; his publications include
\nto wink Eden under the table,<\/p>\n
\nI didn\u2019t see it:<\/p>\n
\nNature,<\/p>\n
\nbelongs in a Tarantino movie.
\nBut I\u2019m not dodging bullets;
\nI\u2019m only dodging a longshot kiss.<\/p>\n
\nin the middle of a thought.
\nMy eyes wanted to slam shut
\nsuch that they could defend
\nagainst what I know not.<\/p>\n
\nto one another
\nis so short
\n \t\tas to be nonexistent.<\/p>\n
\nthan the smiling photo of a politician
\nin their ad,
\nthose papers glued to surfaces many,
\nlike a parasite —
\nthose who themselves are but a surface plenty.<\/p>\n
\nto descend
\nlike a waterfall,
\nsuch that the droplets form
\nan image of you.<\/p>\n
\nToo much —
\nIt\u2019s a hollowed word,
\n\tSans thought.<\/p>\n
\nWord Map of a Cat on a Mat<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nI saw the cat,
\nSleeping with torso outstretched
\nWhile I, unheimlich, rushed to and fro;
\nOn a mat, it sat — in peace,
\nAnd I said sighing, what I want is that.<\/PRE>
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\nMichael T. Smith is an Assistant Professor of English who teaches both writing and film courses. He has published over 150 pieces (poetry and prose) in over 80 different journals. He loves to travel.
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\nAll the Babble of the Souk<\/em> <\/a>, Cartoon Molecules<\/em> and Next Arrivals<\/em>, collected poems, as well as translation of Guadalupe Grande\u00b4s La llave de niebla, as Key of Mist<\/em> <\/a> and the recently published Tesserae<\/em> <\/a> <\/u>, a translation of Carmen Crespo\u00b4s Teselas.
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\nYou may visit Aquillrelle.com\/Author Robin Ouzman Hislop <\/a>about author. See Robin performing his work Performance (University of Leeds)<\/a><\/p>\n