Anthony J : Writing

For the Girl with the Chipped Nailpolish

For the Girl with the Chipped Nailpolish

A Poem by Anthony J


Impossible now to write down the still center of the moment when I was in your arms in your breath, my soul a cloud-draped moon. I..
The Maybe-Virtues of Setting Yourself on Fire

The Maybe-Virtues of Setting Yourself on Fire

A Poem by Anthony J


The world over smells like wet inkas I eat plain yogurt under Californiaskies. There’s so much to dream aboutin this year’s dissection, su..
I Have Sold Love so Fully to the Wind

I Have Sold Love so Fully to the Wind

A Poem by Anthony J


The streetlights were devout in their daylight habitsas they watched the stars forgetting us. Beneath that cosmic wreck,I saw you in a blue slipstream..
Loneliness

Loneliness

A Poem by Anthony J


a haiku
On Privilege

On Privilege

A Poem by Anthony J


an exercise in narcissism
Bury Me Under a Factory

Bury Me Under a Factory

A Poem by Anthony J


Screw cemeteries,when I stop breathingbury me under a factorythat makes pianos.Not for the music, no point in that,but for a piano’s willingness..
My Last Memory of You Died of Laughter Today

My Last Memory of You Died of Laughter Today

A Poem by Anthony J


The rusted blue windows appear new.They hang not as they hung last nightwhen memories clung like icicles to my eyesand I could not see past my hands.T..
9 Short Poems for One Girl

9 Short Poems for One Girl

A Poem by Anthony J


I.I’ve built my heart like Los Angelesand still it sprawls out edgelessly. I fear the gridlocked way it bustles for you.II.I would forgo a view ..
Music as a Verb

Music as a Verb

A Poem by Anthony J


The sounds shed their cellophane, hydrate, sizzle into being. What was salted freshens: Our minds like vessels, ships listing on the sec..
you

you

A Poem by Anthony J


micro-haiku

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