Glaze

“translation” of 57 by the Sixth Dalai Lama–Tibet (1683 to 1706) Glaze thrash of tongues under dark moon salt water ripple stained rub rusty ring rang like minced groans the bang shook away our youth original poem 57 bya de khrung khrung dkar mo nga la gshog rstal gyar dang thag ring rgyang la mi […]

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Crush (1976)

gold star on blue background

I was in love with the expansive transcendence music offered me. I am still in love with the expansive transcendence music offers me.

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Oh, America

the non-reality of reality

image: oh america © holly troy 6.2025

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Mother Creep Rhymes

Mother Soap is generally depicted in literature and book illustration as Slather ,an elderly sideways country woman in a flouncy hat and shawl, but is sometimes depicted as a gargoyle.

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Fat

A true story/poem. Our realities were so different – my tiny preferences had a dystopian twist to them for my then-husband. There were not many days after I said “I will” that did not find new odd buttons of despair – they were strange days indeed.

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if I don’t make a break for it

I will miss the red orange glow of sunset, long purple shadows and turtle doves and rabbits, the smell of creosote and orange blossoms, I will miss looking up at the sky and seeing a million stars.

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