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I’ll Try to Find You

Left of the Dial

NaPoWriMo 2026: In Retrospect

a round-up of the poems I wrote this month, plus some thoughts

NaPoWriMo 2026

brand-new prompts

You Do Not Have to Be Good / What I Want for My 44th Birthday

every poem I write now says FUCK ICE

Writing in the Margins

a book review and interview with Daphne Gottlieb

After a While, Crocodile

After a While, Crocodile

Blue Ruins

Blue as sadness, a sad girl with blue-black hair wearing a butterfly barrette.

Not Even When the Streetlights

a poem I wrote on Halloween 2022

satisfaction brought him back

on art-making and curiosity

things i’m diggin’ (July 15, 2025)

I did one of these about a year ago, and they’re always a good palate cleanser between more serious posts.