Adularesce, a poem inspired by common names of wonderful flowers, was published in Tupelo Quarterly. ‘Either ones flow milk-pearls, nightshadeDew and periwinkle…’ FYI, Like Adularescence… but a… Read more “Adularesce…”
Category: poetry
a 2-poem spectacle
My pie poem aria | for | aphrodite and Zzxjoanw were published on Action Spectacle ACTION, SPECTACLESummer 2020, Issue 1, Vol. 3 Website Unfortunately the original versions… Read more “a 2-poem spectacle”
Leaving
My poem Leaving was published on writer, historian, and SUNY Binghamton professor Anne Bailey’s blog! Photo by Marco Chilese on Unsplash
Aletheia excerpts
Columbia Journal has published parts of my Aletheia collection! You can hear me read some of this project on my Youtube channel. OR you can following my… Read more “Aletheia excerpts”
Library Girl
pin her against the biographies of Poe against the critiques and collections of gothic short stories. hold her wrists by the sonnets, smooth her spine with flirtations… Read more “Library Girl”
rememory
(Inspired by Beloved & Sula by Toni Morrison) being alive is the hard part the rememory: trauma. “… even if I die, the picture of what I… Read more “rememory”
Mirror
(Inspired by Beloved & Sula by Toni Morrison) Me. washed & burned, pulverized. Me eroded, crushed Me. fine speck Me, dust powder Me. caked up, slathered Me.… Read more “Mirror”
i hear america singing.
i hear america singing. i heard them howl with sun nipped skin, caught the chorus at the tree, where her kids called me a nigger and hung… Read more “i hear america singing.”
cat whisker love
i love the way love lingers on the edges of white cat whiskers as if to say, catch me. catch all of me. no you can’t. fuck… Read more “cat whisker love”
Summer Aubade
crushed gnats, butterflies, cicadas shells, a juiceless dragonfly a hoard of buzzes, a hoard of horse flies, clinching limbs snapping door screens “So this is the morning… Read more “Summer Aubade”
SASHA SMITH 