In two days, my new collection Nulligravida will be released. If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know I've been talking about this for awhile, but this is the first mention of it on my actual website. (I know, I've been away for some months — I've been busy writing behind the scenes amidst the…
I saw this going around Facebook a few days ago. "'The tree who set healthy boundaries.' A parody alternate ending of Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree, part of the 'Topher Fixed It' series for young people." https://www.topherpayne.com/giving-tree The audacity. What frustrates me are the reactions to this edit. People were saying, "I didn't know I…
About an hour ago, I decided to throw a semi-quiet mini temper tantrum at Barnes & Noble in which I loudly exclaimed how many of the books in their expanded poetry section were trash shock value greeting card instapoetry along the lines of "Fuck," she said, "I'll never get him back." THIS IS NOT POETRY.…
Snow skin, pink cheeks, smooth brow, brown peeps, blue lips, chiseled teeth, black tongue, banshee shrieks, rough palms, tiptoe creep, needle claws, lack of sleep. Her life is lovely, dark, and deep: a storybook lie so no one sees spread spider-veins, stained memories — the blood-red soul she should not keep. AUGUST 2022 UPDATE: Obviously,…
My ten year high school reunion would have been this year. But as you know, the sickness began. The riots started. And we hid ourselves away. I decided since I had to hide my body (something I don't mind too much, being an introvert), it was time to reveal my mind. I've been writing poetry…
National Poetry Writing Month
Keeping the world immersed in stanza.
About fantastical places and other stuff
"The silence of the night awakens my soul"
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