by Leah Jun Oh | Feb 15, 2022 | Filmpoems
I arrived with the wonder of something new but knowing it was so familiar. Months, days, in the journey, slowly mulling it over, breathing and hoping on the destination then a sudden, sudden rush to arrive. Expectant with a fever that only fills you in...
by Leah Jun Oh | Jan 28, 2022 | Filmpoems
The Ballad of Mescal and Pistachio Verse 4. Cards 4 spades slide over the felt table. Bourbon flows to all those still able. Reek of sweat and piss stains the air and now this: Mezcal the widow maker. Pistach the trouble ...
by Desree | Dec 16, 2021 | Featured, Filmpoems
WARNING: FLICKERING IMAGES The Air We Held Between Us last time i was here, you were too and that used to hurt this hope for something solid, slowly disappearing. but i’m ok, now and i hope you are too. i really hope you’re happy, that...
by Desree | Dec 3, 2021 | Featured, Filmpoems
Minnesota Land Snail I admire your insouciant saunter– your devil-may-care sashay. The insistent probe of your tentacles; the determined waves of your slimy sole. For you, I lay down on the gritty path. For you, I risked ticks and bee stings. For...
by Kate Birch | Oct 22, 2021 | Filmpoems
History, storytelling and escape from slavery in 17th and 18th Century London Between the 1650s and 1780s many hundreds of enslaved people were brought to London. Most were African although a significant minority were South Asian and a smaller number...
by Desree | Oct 7, 2021 | Filmpoems
my grandfather’s dentition looks like a bad floor tiling but I love it. my new routine is playing hide and seek In the spaces between his 92 yr. old teeth. I cling to the roof of his mouth when he flosses, hoping to find his recipe for...
