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Category Archives: Poetry

social media taught me that i am human

Posted byZakMarch 12, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry1 Comment on social media taught me that i am human

the next day we nearly slid your gold Toyota Camry off a thickly mudded road

Posted byZakMarch 10, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

humans imagine that other animals feel like they do

Posted byZakMarch 5, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

Valentines Day in the Double Deuce

Posted byZakMarch 4, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

the previous record for rain was just smashed by more than quadruple

Posted byZakFebruary 23, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

i am not afraid of virtual reality

Posted byZakFebruary 18, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry1 Comment on i am not afraid of virtual reality

the parasite inside me is hidden but rarely is it unseen

Posted byZakFebruary 11, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

“that’s about all i can do without losing my mind”

Posted byZakFebruary 3, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

drink lemon balm tea every day and take walks

Posted byZakJanuary 30, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

writing emails to people who are people

Posted byZakJanuary 26, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

it can be difficult to make friends when you are a know-it-all

Posted byZakJanuary 20, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

ice on a Silver Bay sidewalk; a heart of spruce and pine

Posted byZakJanuary 18, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

there’s a 3% fee on every donation but the kindness of it comes through quietly unfettered

Posted byZakJanuary 14, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

the lid is pink and the container is glass and inside it, the ginger is yellow and dry

Posted byZakJanuary 13, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

the last time i saw that man he shared with me his cocaine and fish

Posted byZakJanuary 10, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

usual cold

Posted byZakJanuary 7, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry

a looped piano by a human named Emily

Posted byZakJanuary 5, 2022October 12, 2023Posted inPoetry1 Comment on a looped piano by a human named Emily

a group of ravens with plumage puffed to the cold ate garbage unabashedly and stared at me as i got into a car

Posted byZakDecember 31, 2021October 10, 2023Posted inPoetry

a dehumidifier turns off; an exhale into silence

Posted byZakDecember 28, 2021October 10, 2023Posted inPoetry

i had a baby with a woman who makes enough money playing abstract electronic music so that i don’t have to get a job and can put the baby in a sling or a pouch and walk around with it all the time

Posted byZakDecember 24, 2021October 10, 2023Posted inPoetry

winter on the docks

Posted byZakDecember 19, 2021October 10, 2023Posted inPoetry

“you should get one. it’s a great place for those kind of self-oriented musings.”

Posted byZakDecember 16, 2021October 10, 2023Posted inPoetry

i’ve seen this film at least a dozen times but tomorrow will be only the second time seeing it on the big screen

Posted byZakDecember 13, 2021October 10, 2023Posted inPoetry

Winter in the archipelago

Posted byZakDecember 11, 2021October 10, 2023Posted inPoetry

the room is silent save for all the heaviness of breath

Posted byZakDecember 10, 2021October 10, 2023Posted inPoetry

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