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Vessel

A Poem by J.E. Stroud

I desire mostly nature's absorption:making trails for children's enjoyment,or sculpting prints with sprightly hoovesrather than my cursed process.Eyes..

Stimulated

A Poem by J.E. Stroud

Comforting they say “You Are supposed to be here” The message implanting faster than jerky trips of an eye We’ve found ma..

Unrest

A Poem by J.E. Stroud

I stretched in a cenotaph unburdened by your bones,fashioning a nest of a coffin that I could lie in at night.It is too dark to be wondering why. The..

Here's to You

A Poem by J.E. Stroud

You tell me that you’re the most depressed person in the entire worldbut I know that that person just left us, and, statistically speaking, in ..

One sentence

A Poem by J.E. Stroud

For a competition

Dust Bunnies

A Story by J.E. Stroud

Being raised by a single father was an intensely difficult experience for me. It was certainly hard to go without knowing what all the other little g..

And I Laughed

A Story by J.E. Stroud

I laughed. The kind of laugh that comes out so far and fast that you wish you could run and catch it, stuffing it in your mouth before settling on a..

a lonely iconoclast

A Poem by J.E. Stroud

She was beautiful and everyone loved her and she chewed fruity gum that made her breath smell sweet as she laughed in the faces of the boys that..

Auschwitz or Horsemeat?

A Poem by J.E. Stroud

You will die as you sleep, as you live.

Whip

A Poem by J.E. Stroud

Whip=wip=work in progress. It's not about anyone in particular-don't flatter yourself. Any of you.