Spiro Keats

  short-listed i locate my name in the book of the dead Originally published in horror senryu journal , 6/11/24

  polite company tannic as the barrel in which i piss Originally published in #FemkuMag , #40

  old pond . . . the sound of chaotes paradigm-jumping Originally published in #FemkuMag , #40

  deity worship blessed are the misfits summoning me Originally published in #FemkuMag #40

  candy corn invoking harvest jesus Originally published in #FemkuMag , Issue 40

  southern gospel praising mama's moonshine Originally published in Five Fleas , 3/13/23

  as if loss were catching crickets Originally published in Modern Haiku 56:2

  unclaimed i tether myself to driftwood Originally published in Five Fleas , 9/13/23

midlife romance the ripeness of discount nectarines Originally published in Five Fleas , 9/22/24

  teacups seldom discuss what happened to the cat Originally published in dadakuku , 2/6/24

  Originally published in Oddball Magazine , 11/19/25

  Originally published in Oddball Magazine , 11/5/25

  tetherball the outdoor recesses of her mind Originally published in Alien Buddha Zine #52

  the pain of separation tossing peanuts to the crows Originally published in Five Fleas , 6/2/24

  the spirit of creation holes in the k-cup Originally published in Alien Buddha Zine

  four horsemen naming my emotions Originally published in Kingfisher #9

  twist of fate a typo in the tea leaves Originally published in Five Fleas , 2/27/24

  cronehood my life as an erasure poem Originally published in Five Fleas , 7/26/23

  wet paint the world to my liking Originally published in Five Fleas , 6/6/23

  the dangle of her privilege coffeeshop earrings Originally published in Five Fleas , 6/6/23

  warp threads we weave our dreams on a borrowed loom Originally published in #FemkuMag , 3/24

wishing well a stone for every sorrow Originally published in Cold Moon Journal

  where the pipe dream burst the drip of truckstop coffee Originally published in Kingfisher #9

  deflowered the deep kiss of dirty pennies Originally published in Five Fleas , 3/8/23

  shell sculpture a savior at the seawall Originally published in Five Fleas , 3/9/24

  cockles now in tamper-resistant packaging Originally published in Alien Buddha

  date night chopping walnuts for bread Originally published in Hedgerow , #142

  our love song etched into the sparrow's bones Originally published in Five Fleas , 8/9/23

  between victim and survivor the absence of vowels Originally published in Five Fleas , 11/15/22

  loading zone dandelions for the afterlife Originally published in Five Fleas , 4/28/23