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In the Girls' Room // Wendy Mnookin

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Oct 14, 2013 17:57

I saw them making out, Sheila whispers
from the stall next to mine. We're standing,
hidden from each other on opposite sides
of the same cold wall. I imagine
her brother's hand surprising itself
inside some girl's sweater, small hairs jittery
along the map of her neck. Her eyes were shut.
I open mine wide, lean closer.
She was making small noises ( Read more... )

Blue Blanket | Andrea Gibson

shechoselove wrote in theysaid Oct 09, 2013 01:05

I heard this poem tonight at a vigil for domestic violence and holy shit.

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all the tea // w.m. butler

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Oct 06, 2013 02:58

if i have forgotten how to be kind ( Read more... )

For My Lover In Answer To A Question // Shelley Grabel

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Sep 30, 2013 17:58

“I love the scars we reform daily”You are not my first ( Read more... )

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petite_star wrote in theysaid Sep 30, 2013 22:29

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone had poetry on, how to put this.. sound? Deafness?

My partner is deaf and in all the years we've been together I've never thought of it in the form of poetry until tonight.

Thank you for any help.

and for your trouble:

"You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated ( Read more... )

!request

Love Poem to Someone I Do Not Love // Gina Myers

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Sep 28, 2013 18:04

You cover yourself ( Read more... )

The Attic // Cynthia Huntington

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Sep 28, 2013 17:27

It’s September: I’ve moved into town ( Read more... )

The Invitations Overhead // Stephen Dobyns

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Sep 22, 2013 09:25

At the edge of a golf course, a man watches ( Read more... )

stephen dobyns

My Last Deirdre // Nin Andrews

iatrogenicmyth wrote in theysaid Sep 20, 2013 08:51

after Frank O’HaraI am a not woman. I am an orgasm ( Read more... )

nin andrews

Rape Joke | Patricia Lockwood

milkhoney wrote in theysaid Sep 19, 2013 14:58

The rape joke is that you were 19 years old.

The rape joke is that he was your boyfriend.

The rape joke it wore a goatee. A goatee.

Imagine the rape joke looking in the mirror, perfectly reflecting back itself, and grooming itself to look more like a rape joke. “Ahhhh,” it thinks. “Yes. A goatee.”

No offense.

The rape joke is that he was seven years ( Read more... )