Author name: genetwaronite

Words Unheard

I write a poem and wonderwill anyone read and remember it,and why I should carewhen I won’t be thereto hear it sung. I cannot promise it a long life.The only thing I can do is breathe into itall the truth that is in meso it can live on its own. Or I could just forget […]

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Ode to a Fake Plant

Your perfect leavesshine back at meas if freshly washedby a spring rainand make mewant to believein youto touch your skinand feel the pulseof your artfulunblemished lifeon displayin a tidy white potyou will never outgrowI do believeyou would thrivein my sunless bathroom—a perpetual plantwho never needswatering or fussingand would not careif I live or die First

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Forever 21

In light of the fact that Forever 21 has just declared bankruptcy, here’s the poem I wrote inspired by the store. It’s part of my fourth collection Shopping Cart Dreams published by Kelsay Books. All the dressesin the store lookmade for people whonever have to worryif they’ll fit. To be twenty-one again,with firm bodyand all

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Tucson Festival of Books

I will be at the Tucson Festival of Books on Sunday, March 16, from 1:30 to 4:30. Look for me at the Indie Authors Pavilion – Adult Fiction and Nonfiction. There’s no booth number, but it’s a big tent in the Exhibitors Section #200-261 on the Main Mall South near the UA Mall tent. Copies of my

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The Last Fact

This poem is from my second collection, The Museum of Unwearable Shoes. I thought I’d share it today in honor of Mark Zuckerberg, who just announced that Meta is doing away with fact checking. Apparently facts are no longer important in these heady days of shifting reality, and we remember how his empire all started

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