elizabethburnam

When in doubt, finger-paint
The girl who stole a taste of heaven

Krisis, girl with seven stolen tongues, adorned like anchorsround her throat, who weaves with wind and…
Self-portrait in solitude, late January, #2

The dirty work is done; she retreats to the peak called Watch Tower, cross-legged on the…
The Seventh Bride of Dragonfly

Pale as a maggot, tabula rasa gaze like a glass jar not yet, but soon to…
Jazz Boy and the demon’s mechanical eye

A demon danceson the ash-gray wallOne eye a cameraOne eye a small blue flameJazz Boy asks…
Ode to the Great Sand Dunes

Where man himself is a visitor who never remains and all there is to do is…
An argument with Thich Nhat Hanh

But Thay, I love the suffering. I want to be the canary in his cage, dying…
Thanksgiving Day

The man at the counter thinks I’m younger than I am, puts his glasses on to…
A joke

How many broken hearts does it take to change a lightbulb? One to reach and one…
Medusa laughed

when fathers drowned and mothers wore their terror like a mask. the girl who learned she…
Correspondence

Still alive, that is: A coma casewaking up thick-throatedin his own coffin. Heartworm, meet Nighthawk,who knew…
The log

I walked into the marsh intending to die there. The soft mud would take me, the…
Vega

Vega, blink. A man in Kansas knows your name. You swaddled your sickness in each other’s…
The antique store

Bargains galore! From your favorite buildingmaterial store. Plates from Rhode Island. Post cards as priced. One…
X(ERO)X

Me? I’m not that interesting I’m just a silly sprout Go follow Kim Kardashian Or Cole…
An American crossroads

In a city where tap water tastes like blood, a man stands in the middle of…
Advice for living well

Be a mirror (but don’t look in one) Wander through deserts til your ankles give out…
Lament for the self-referential

I gave my life for poetry I knew it from the start When first I recognized…
The bridge

On the surface of the rivera little ball of foamstretches and circlesin a slowly whirling pool…
What the fish said

You should’ve learned how to breathe long before you needed to remember. Draw a box. Teach…