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Such tender smoke…

June 8, 2012by Quill Shiv 6 Comments

Sparrows replace pigeons. I wrote you from write to left, ‘The unshadowed man, he shows your face.’ You will always be mud running, but plant your heart where my head […]

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Poetry, Poetry (Rough Drafts)

Private Collection

February 28, 2012by Quill Shiv 2 Comments

I didn’t learn your language when I tripped over a stone. Just another skinned word. Leaving scars on my tongue. A cipher figured out too late for print, a codex […]

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Poetry, Poetry (Final Form)

Winning Queen

January 4, 2012by Quill Shiv Leave a comment

This poem, in its rough form, was called “Labiaplasty Circa 1992.” There has been some recent interest in that poem, so I decided to release the final version. Winning Queen […]

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Poetry, Poetry (Final Form)

The Meat Trade

July 28, 2011by Quill Shiv 1 Comment

They never know what is coming. They feel safe to take of her meat, walk out of her life. Unknowing. She likes things cut and dried. Meat, that is.

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Poetry (Final Form)

Oudalaka

June 26, 2011by Quill Shiv Leave a comment

Bitter woman talks to herself bitterly until all language runs out of hops and the words begin to taste of honey. Golden warm-sweetened sounds drip from lips love-unkissed. And the […]

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Poetry, Poetry (Final Form)

Qe-Ra-Si-Ja

June 19, 2011by Quill Shiv Leave a comment

Clutching my claw I write with my teeth. Breasts crushed against the desk. Beard brushing the keys. Modern Teiresias unblinded from spectacles. Hera. Athena. Homer. Dante. Eliot. So many. I’ve […]

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Poetry, Poetry (Rough Drafts)

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