Deborah Hamilton : Writing

Her Calm Hand to My Liquid

Her Calm Hand to My Liquid

A Poem by Deborah Hamilton


She mistakenly pressed against me, forgetting her last night's intention to hate me, to hate my darkness and my dependence. She was a bobblehead..
Vacation

Vacation

A Poem by Deborah Hamilton


Had it been a one-night stand, it would have been perfect Stars performing drunk the first act of the new lovers’ ballet Waves arching thei..
Sleeping a Bit of Crazy

Sleeping a Bit of Crazy

A Poem by Deborah Hamilton


A bit of sleep, not necessarily the kind sort, still something beyond the rips and snips of slumberland, and the aching afghan-tussle and self-s..
The Beast in Every Woman

The Beast in Every Woman

A Poem by Deborah Hamilton


The beast in every woman is unlocked on some Sundays as a reminder. These beasts, ferocious and sometimes unkind and distasteful, congregate..
Pandemonium

Pandemonium

A Poem by Deborah Hamilton


Wondering desperately about that which will never occur, Soothing with alcohol and sex and sleep and Anything that won’t talk back when Ov..
Sun Stripes and Waste

Sun Stripes and Waste

A Story by Deborah Hamilton


It curls me. That’s disturbing enough. My body undulates unknowingly, curling like a lip, curling with contempt, pushing my limbs into a ..
My Francis

My Francis

A Story by Deborah Hamilton


I didn't touch it because it was ugly. It was weird. It was interesting, but not so much that I wanted to put my fingers to it. I said, "Ew," a..
Ariose Vers Libre

Ariose Vers Libre

A Poem by Deborah Hamilton


A friend wrote a poem using song titles (indicated by caps), as well as added words (lower-case) to round out the piece. I decided to write one using ..
Open Wound

Open Wound

A Poem by Deborah Hamilton


Run my fingers through my hair like a lover Sweat slicing open paper cuts I Never knew I had or Forgot about. Summertime oozing sumptuous, A..
Dark Is

Dark Is

A Poem by Deborah Hamilton


Dark is an altered shade of black Where your demons and your angels gambol about Scamming and giggling and copping feels of..

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