Writing
2026
THE HELIX OF PERSUASION
We can’t go on like this,
pretending it’s about grammar.
The weight of days belies us out hereThe Cherry Tree
I woke up this morning to the sound of birds rustling through the cherry tree’s branches.…
the levelness of the game
You’ve seen the game, and likely played it.
Roll the golf ball up the short wooden incline. It comes back to you unless it drops…
first.Broken Boys
INT. APARTMENT 1 – NIGHTWe open on a grey apartment, paint peeling off the walls in the corners. A radiator hums, a…MAN 1 (60s) sits on the couch, slightly left of center, wearing a leather jacket and jeans…
Alternative Lettuce Literary Technologies
Why was paper dried in squares?
90-degree angles arbitrarily over-determined the technology.
If paper had been dried in circles,Unraveling
Dreams
refuse small rooms,
press against every wall,The Bird Artist
You only carried two books the Art of Birdwatching and the Bible.
You went on expeditions
in the hills of Transylvania-Searching
The magic carpet comes undone,
Red strings unravel, fly everywhere,
High winds downtown.Bone
I am tired now
having travelled from afar.
I will rest my headThe Iron Gate
The door leads nowhere you’d want to be.
Explore the negative spaces, the devil’s work
through your fragile, young body.My Dying Father Reminds Me of an Octopus
Water is the meter of how long he will live.
Except, he does not drink today
and he did not drink yesterday.Perhaps Deleting Will Prevent Repetition
Translated from the Persian by Nasser Pooyesh, with editorial consultation from Mojtaba…
Visual Poetry
A visual poem triptych — best viewed on a larger screen. Tap any page to open full-size.
I. The Frill of Solitude
II. The Scent of LoveJack-in-his-Kitchen
Setting: A broad kitchen under a low ceiling, flush with roseate light; bundles of sage,…The AUDITORNosy knifey Jack pulls in a clabber of secrets.
Both Hands in the Piss-bucket
lose all ridiculous sense
inherent substance of my existence--
fuck the weary laggard cowards