Mastodawn

The security guard is still there

Grocery Store, 5 PM
T. Repalle

#Poetry #TRepalle #EunoiaReview #GroceryStore #SecurityGuard

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Grocery Store, 5 PM

The security guard follows me— or doesn’t. I can’t tell anymore if the footsteps are real, or if I’ve memorized the rhythm of being watched, so much that I might be watching too. …

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Andrew Shields Mar 3

she stretched out across the sofa

You Can Learn A Lot About Love From This
Rick Bursky

#Poetry #RickBursky #EunoiaReview #Love #Monday #CoinFlip #RockPaperScissors #Wednesday #Tupperware #Lightning #Scarecrow #Calendar #LawAndOrder

https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/you-can-learn-a-lot-about-love-from-this/

You Can Learn A Lot About Love From This

Each Monday we flipped a coin to decide who would love the other more. On Wednesday we played rock-paper-scissors to decide who would roll their eyes and shake their head. If everything else failed…

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Andrew Shields Feb 20

coping with the here and now

Where to Begin and End
Kip Knott

#Poetry #KipKnott #OnceUponATime #Stories #Mother #Father #Son #EunoiaReview

https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/where-to-begin-and-end/

Where to Begin and End

“Once upon a time” is the way I’m used to stories beginning. At least that’s how my mother always began a story. And I don’t mean just bedtime stories in which a &#822…

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Andrew Shields Feb 14

This is more comfortable, to miss you and write

Eating alone
Landen Raszick

#Poetry #LandenRaszick #EatingAlone #EunoiaReview #Jackfruit #Rendang #Sambal #Calamansi #Curry #Singapore #Mangosteen #TurnTheLightsDownLow #Buckwheat #Karaoke #Music

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Eating alone

White rice topped with beef curry gravy, beef rendang, garlicky morning glory greens, jackfruit curry with lots of turmeric, sweet and sour cucumber salad, and sambal as fruity as it is fiery— it&#…

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Andrew Shields Feb 9

first his weight and length

My son
Kavita Lee

#Poetry #KavitaLee #MySon #Son #Mother #Birth #EunoiaReview

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My son

The forest gives him to me in installments—first his weight and length, then the way his head finds the space between my breasts. The curve of my neck cradles where his skull is not yet closed, a t…

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Andrew Shields Jan 14

booms, shots, bombs, crooks

O
Joshua Kepfer

#Poetry #JoshuaKepfer #O #EunoiaReview #Lipogram #Books

https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/o-3/

O

Look for old books tools for monks or schools not throngs of morons or fools Books of logs, songs, or plots so good for both lords of gold crowns, poor folk, or common crowds. Short books for cool …

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Andrew Shields Dec 3

we watch Star Wars from I to IX

My Son’s Hands
Ben Banyard

#Poetry #BenBanyard #Son #Hands #TenYearsOld #StarWars #Rugby #Birth #Sunday #EunoiaReview

https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/my-sons-hands/

My Son’s Hands

I studied them seconds after his birth, marvelled at the rightness of them, how they knew to form like so. Now, they are ten years old, nails bitten to the quick while we watch Star Wars from I to …

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Andrew Shields Nov 29

A passenger nods off

Tunnel
Sara Cassidy

#Poetry #SaraCassidy #EunoiaReview #Tunnel #Train

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Tunnel

The train moves through a tunnel. Grey when we enter, blue at the other end. We are doors to rooms with doors to other rooms. Do we deserve such endlessness? The train winds through woods leafy wit…

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Andrew Shields Nov 23

My friend tells me to get a house

Spare
Sara Cassidy

#Poetry #SaraCassidy #Spare #EunoiaReview

https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/spare/

Spare

My friend tells me to get a house, big like hers, with spare rooms. Her rooms are spare, all right: polished baseboards, stale air. In her house, talk is spare, everyone in their corners. In my sma…

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Andrew Shields Nov 15

to marvel at the distant hills

From the Bathroom Window One Morning
Jim Tilley

#Poetry #JimTilley #BathroomWindow #ICE #Spruce #Backyard #EunoiaReview

https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/from-the-bathroom-window-one-morning/

From the Bathroom Window One Morning

Row of spruces at the back of the backyard, grown so tall, starting to block the scenic view of sunsets over the faraway western hills. From the bathroom window, I see the spindly top of one start …

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