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Death is a bad smell
as I cross the parking lot
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Chad O
Majih-Kwand
what would you cast into existence?
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Chad O
i hardly believe in death at all
these days if you ask me if i believe in life after death i'll say,
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Chad O
The Pro-Both Manifesto
meditations, mid-migration
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Chad O
ode to breath + confessions of a recovering techno-optimist
still-warm bits of was-just-self, becoming atmosphere
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Chad O
Drift Whale: if all you can muster next year is to be beached
that's ok
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Chad O
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Ryan Jones
"FAITH WITH A NAME," and, the crows my role models
A poem for Chad; crow inspo for you. Hemingway said that cats are the best anarchists, but I think maybe it’s crows. Their call is not necessarily for…
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Chad O
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Coelti
2
Animist Gratitude Prayers
body, ground, microbes, moss, trees, beings, mystery
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Chad O
4
on ghosts
uncertainty & its unsatisfying stopgaps
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Chad O
3
Reparent/Reconstruct
A poem, for the new moon, by guest author Kit Krotto
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Kit Krotto
1
For vigilante tree pruners past present & future
the day before the world changed, when I had already cast my vote for and was riding high on my confidence in a First Woman President, contractors came…
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Chad O
2
Learning to See
on optic nerves, chimney swifts, and squirrels
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Chad O
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