# The Wax Poetic

original poems, stories, essays, and literary translations

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## [i went to the garden](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/i-went-to-the-garden)

_2026-08-11 · Caitlin_

untitled poem

## [Imitation VIII: August](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/imitation-viii-august)

_2026-08-02 · Caitlin_

after Lorca

## [Imitation VII: Early Summer](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/imitation-vii-early-summer)

_2026-06-20 · Caitlin_

after Salvatore Quasimodo

## [Imitation VI: The Crime Was In Granada](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/imitation-the-crime-was-in-granada)

_2026-04-08 · Caitlin_

remembering Lorca

## [Imitations I-V](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/imitations-i-v)

_2026-03-18 · Caitlin_

after Lowell, Brodsky, Prévert, Machado and Rilke

## [Sweetheart Love Poems](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/sweetheart-love-poems-a3c)

_2026-02-14 · Caitlin_

Happy Valentine's Day!

## [a page from the diary of a poet](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/a-page-from-the-diary-of-a-poet)

_2026-02-04 · Caitlin_

back to waxin' poetic

## [Taking the dog out on a January morning](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/taking-the-dog-out-on-a-january-morning)

_2026-01-18 · Caitlin_

Deer at the woods edge - Mark Hearld Taking the dog out on a January morning wine-dark air burns with cold, the Moon is a blade pressed to my throat, smell of woodsmoke promises warmth, swift-footed we race back to our hearth as rosy-fingered Dawn stretches, arms out long, and yanks back the covers from the night-quilted Sun. Hounds in the Snow - Mark Hearld Every self-respecting poet should have…

## [Book Report: Everything I read over my winter break](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/book-report-everything-i-read-over)

_2026-01-11 · Caitlin_

"EVERYTHING in the world began with a yes."

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_2026-01-11 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Liaison Riposte](https://thewaxpoetic.substack.com/p/liaison-riposte)

_2026-01-07 · Caitlin_

a riposte to Frank Stanford