Clear: A poem
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And I promise you, / you never unlearned how to be strong.
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‘Burnt Bones and Beautiful Butterflies’ is detailed self-portrait wrapped in love, loss
Her poetry is honest in this sense, accessing a vulnerability that clearly defines Mather as a writer who isn’t afraid to express the real, the raw and the ugly.
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Eulogy for a vampire: A poem
I try to spit the / Seed out; instead it / suffocates in skin.
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New acquaintanceship: A poem
She places a morsel of her soul in between my teeth — Nice to meet you too.
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Empty: A poem
I sit in the room full of / Empty / things that remind me of something / else.
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Better left unsaid: A poem
We see patterns everywhere / Shapes and sounds and sights / Lightly coated with dust, strands of spun gold
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Perpetual predawn glow: A poem
I came across this phrase the other day, / reading about the orange-brown haze blanketing the world outside my window
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Perfect squares: A poem
Run or hide be – tween squares of sand
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Late autumn, early spring: A poem
Beautiful things have their own best timing and lighting.
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Leave: A poem
If I don’t feel at home, I’d rather leave.
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