Mastodawn

Andrew Shields Oct 3, 2025

I’m not saying this to get some extra credit

Stacking Cistern My Bones on Top of Your Bones on Top of Your Bones
Gabrielle Calvocoressi

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1723535/stacking-cistern-my-bones-on-top-of-your-bones-on-top-of-your-bones

Stacking Cistern My Bones on Top of Your Bones on Top of Your Bones

I lie awake at night and say the name of everyone on the block and for three blocks over and then the names of the people I don’t know. I think of everything I know about all the people on my block. I say the names of everyone at the church and then the people I don’t know. I want to know these…

The Poetry Foundation

Andrew Shields Oct 2, 2025

Remember all the balance beams

Karma Affirmation Cistern Don’t Be Afraid Keep Going Toward the Horror
Gabrielle Calvocoressi

#Poetry #GabrielleCalvocoressi #Karma #Horror

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1723449/karma-affirmation-cistern-dont-be-afraid-keep-going-toward-the-horror

Karma Affirmation Cistern Don’t Be Afraid Keep Going Toward the Horror

Life can be like that all the time if you let it. Remember all the balance beams and the room full of stuffed animals at the children’s hospital? When you learned it’s okay to hold out your hand and help someone up. Let that sink in and then remember it’s okay. It’s okay to feel horribly ashamed.…

The Poetry Foundation

Andrew Shields Sep 16, 2025

my body has never been / my home

Forgiveness Cistern I Am Trying
Gabrielle Calvocoressi

#Poetry #GabrielleCalvocoressi #Forgiveness #Home #Garden #Memory #TheAdroitJournal

https://theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-four/gabrielle-calvocoressi/