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Parteada por el Fuego / Twice Born by E. N. Díaz

September 9, 2024December 6, 20240

“The smell of trash dripping days in the sun / stains the air with its yellow gunk.” – excerpt from Parteada por el Fuego / Twice Born by E. N. Díaz #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

Desquamation by Frank Njugi

September 4, 2023March 4, 20251

“At the height of my loneliness, I examine ways to escape my skin.” #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Hypnagogue” by F.J. Bergmann

April 10, 2023March 22, 20240

The moons of twenty-eight …

“American Arcana: That Lone Harpy of Appalachia” by Kate Shannon

April 3, 2023March 22, 20240

around these parts, you’d …

“Ennui” by Alexander Lazarus Wolff

March 6, 2023March 5, 20230

The sun peers down …

“floating away; on a vessel long derelict” by Kate Shannon

February 27, 2023March 22, 20240

if you are listening, …

“Emma Marries for the First Time at 54” by John Grey

February 13, 2023February 13, 20230

It’s part dream, part …

“Function” by DS Maolalai

February 6, 2023February 13, 20230

her body falls out …

“crickets, tell me that” by April Yu

December 9, 2022January 21, 20230

the night has not …

“Last Meal” by Jason Brightwell

December 3, 2022December 3, 20220

Tomorrow is too late. I’ve …

“The Refusal” by Lock Howe

November 28, 2022December 10, 20241

Lock Howe grew up …

“Blowing Out Candles” by Daniel Romo

November 25, 2022November 25, 20220

For Devan Daniel Romo …

“Beautiful Grief” by Jason Brightwell

November 14, 2022January 21, 20230

You wore your grey …

“Sacrifice” by Lock Howe

November 11, 2022February 6, 20231

Lock Howe grew up …

“On Visiting My Dear Friend” by Martina Reisz Newberry

October 10, 2022October 9, 20220

You and I will …

“Dorset” by J.R. Barner

October 3, 2022October 2, 20220

The most beautiful woman …

“Seeking” by Pearce Green

September 26, 2022September 25, 20220

my youth has drooped, …

“Ctrl+Z” by Deborah-Zenha Adams

September 23, 2022September 25, 20220

(+_+)? A decade lost your …

“A Danish Summer Night Spent With My Ghost” by Adam Curt Custock

September 12, 2022September 11, 20220

It’s a blue-lit Danish …

Five Haikus by Joshua St. Clare

September 2, 2022September 20, 20220

sand dollar the boy …

“Misplaced Affections” by Sinclaire Dickinson

August 26, 2022September 10, 20220

A golden retriever of …

“Winter Haikus” by Laura Zaino

August 22, 2022August 21, 20220

winter haiku dark lines …

“Fallen Leaves” by Rhys Lee

August 12, 2022September 3, 20220

Rhys Lee is a …

“The Last Atlantean” by David Henson

August 5, 2022November 27, 20221

Atlantis Without Birds Marble …

“For Scale” by Daune O’Brien

July 29, 2022September 3, 20221

My mother sayslife is …

“Dart Away” by Jamie Spenser

July 25, 2022August 27, 20230

Jamie Spenser‘s poetry has …

“Layers” by Matthew Freeman

July 18, 2022September 3, 20220

Lots of human brainseventually …

“Susan” by Holly Day

July 15, 2022July 10, 20220

I stood and watched …

“Arizona” by Zoë Blaylock

July 11, 2022September 3, 20220

Emerging writer Zoë Blaylock …

“Seeds of Racism” by Dave Luker

July 8, 2022July 10, 20220

At dawn, in the …

“Mothering” by Jazmine Aluma

July 1, 2022September 9, 20240

It’s the way I …

“Shovelling” by Frank William Finney

June 17, 2022July 10, 20220

Hole here. Hole there.No …

“Another Life” by Helen Nancy Meneilly

June 10, 2022December 10, 20240

Helen Nancy Meneilly is …

“A Case for Violins” by Frank William Finney

June 3, 2022June 23, 20220

Pulled from the mouth …

“Fever Dream” by Rebecca M Ross

May 30, 2022May 29, 20220

Rona piles rice from …

Four Haikus by Constance Mello

May 27, 2022May 22, 20220

When I awake I …

“Text Me When You Get Home” by Helen Nancy Meneilly

May 20, 2022June 5, 20221

night falls like a …

“Inaccessible” by Connie Woodring

May 16, 2022May 15, 20220

I was afraid of …

“Lava” by Cameron Morse

May 13, 2022May 8, 20220

From my hurt back …

“How to Use the Supermarket When You Are Losing Your Mind” by Rebecca M Ross

May 6, 2022May 1, 20220

When in a supermarket …

“Retribution” by Ash Evan Lippert

May 2, 2022May 1, 20220

Ash Evan Lippert is …

“I’ve Barely Been to College” by Kailey Tucker

April 25, 2022April 24, 20220

Autumn snapped my spine like …

“Getting Somewhere” by Cameron Morse

April 11, 2022April 10, 20221

The more times I …

Nominations and Internships

April 6, 2022February 26, 20250

Hello folks! It’s Matthew. …

“A Winter Prayer for Color” by Ash Evan Lippert

April 4, 2022April 3, 20221

Now is the time …

“Hoops” by Stephen Kingsnorth

April 1, 2022March 27, 20221

In vest, short shorts, …

“The Calling” by Christina Eagen

March 21, 2022March 20, 20220

without askingearthquakes rumbled to …

“Undisturbed” by Russell Willis

March 18, 2022December 10, 20240

Ethicist and online education …

“Meditation in an Office Tower” by Dale Cottingham

March 4, 2022March 15, 20220

Thrusting one creased pant …

“The Art of Remembering Your History” by Christian Ward

February 25, 2022February 20, 20220

I do the same …

“Loch Ness Monster in the Rain at Night” by David Henson

February 21, 2022March 23, 20245

A fang of lightning …

“So Many Ways to Live” by Victoria Woolf Bailey

February 11, 2022February 13, 20220

When that moment arrives(by …

“Mussel” by Christian Ward

February 4, 2022August 12, 20220

Every shell is dipped …

“Drowned Man Lives Again” by John Grey

January 28, 2022January 23, 20220

There was a lot …

“Interrogative Sestina” by Mark J. Mitchell

January 21, 2022January 16, 20220

Who is the bride …

The Metaworker Podcast | 009 Ruins by Mary Paulson

January 19, 2022March 6, 20240

Episode Description: In this …

“Out of the Picture” by Lou H. Second

January 14, 2022January 9, 20220

A painter lives in …

“Cherry” by Stephen Kingsnorth

January 7, 2022January 2, 20221

Why do I keep …

“An American Experience” by Dale Cottingham

January 3, 2022January 2, 20220

While I waited at …

“In My Space” by Anthony Ward

December 27, 2021December 10, 20240

I look into my …

“Before” by Margaret Krusinga

December 20, 2021December 10, 20240

Margaret Krusinga lives on …

“All my Ex-Employees are Crazy” by Joel Robert Ferguson

December 17, 2021December 16, 20210

The polar bears are …

“Abruptly-” by Shalini Singh

December 10, 2021December 5, 20211

Hotaru ika are a …

“Summit Negotiations” by Stephen Kingsnorth

December 3, 2021February 23, 20221

At the cake bazaar,annual …

“Messages from Colorado” by Cameron Morse

November 29, 2021December 10, 20241

Cameron Morse is Senior …

“Rows” by Stephen Kingsnorth

November 22, 2021November 21, 20211

A strange condition for …

“A Literal Littoral” by Charles J. March III

November 12, 2021November 7, 20210

Will we ever make …

“Lookalike” by Cameron Morse

November 8, 2021November 15, 20210

It’s funny how franticallya …

“Tethered” by Sarette Danae

November 1, 2021November 4, 20210

His is a lariat …

“The Wish” by Paul Rabinowitz

October 29, 2021June 26, 20220

What if I couldpaint …

“Brutal Roux” by Elyse Jancosko

October 22, 2021October 17, 20210

Becca add morebutter Becca. …

“Still in the City” by DS Maolalai

October 11, 2021October 10, 20210

on hills by park …

“Tenderness” by Mary Paulson

October 4, 2021November 20, 20211

Through the eye of …

“To an Armoire” by Goddfrey Sue Hammit

October 1, 2021September 27, 20210

The armoire tips from …

“Fanfare” by DS Maolalai

September 27, 2021September 26, 20210

I piss. it feels …

“Two Gates For Ghostly Dreams” by Dawn Bratton

September 20, 2021September 22, 20210

That motherlode of Sun …

“Searching for the Cottingley Fairies” by Kim Malinowski

September 17, 2021March 23, 20244

I. Snapshot Click. WHIRR. …

“Ruins” by Mary Paulson

September 13, 2021August 15, 20221

Mary Paulson currently lives …

“The Sands of Time” by Rebecca Johnson

September 3, 2021August 29, 20210

Amber, scarlet, gilded daffodil. …

“No Dreamin’ at the Double Tree” by Suzanne S. Rancourt

August 30, 2021August 29, 20210

everything smells like soap …

“Hope is a Blue Jay” by Rebecca Johnson

August 16, 2021August 15, 20211

I.As snow settles upon …

The Metaworker Podcast | 005 Kurt by Veronicca Lupinacci

July 28, 2021March 6, 20241

Episode Description: Editors Matthew, …

The Metaworker Podcast | 004 The Poetry of Kate Shannon

July 28, 2021February 1, 20240

Episode Description: Editors Matthew, …

The Metaworker Podcast | 003 Little Gem Magnolia by Paul Rabinowitz

July 28, 2021February 1, 20240

Episode Description: Editors Matthew, …

“My Nature” by Gregory C. Wilder Jr.

October 5, 20200

“I’m not used to …

“Rural Grown” by James Croal Jackson

September 25, 2020September 25, 20201

I always mowed the …

“Tempest of the Bold” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

August 21, 2020September 25, 20231

By the waves I …

“Mourning” by Oisin Breen

August 17, 2020May 1, 20230

Oisín Breen is a …

“Flatline” by Mark Hammerschick

August 10, 2020August 30, 20200

“through the view/of a hollow lens/like an eye surprised/by lost sight”

“Forty Degree Echo” by James Croal Jackson

August 3, 2020August 24, 20201

you’re biting your nails …

“Birth Cave” by Terry Tierney

July 27, 2020August 24, 20200

Shaman paints the wolf …

“Dopo Mezzonatte” by Marina Kazakova

July 24, 2020August 24, 20201

Dopo mezzanotte! Dopo, dopo! …

“Plywood World” by Fabrice Poussin

July 20, 2020August 19, 20200

Another stormy night in …

” ‘Ain Ghazal” by Robert Beveridge

July 10, 2020September 1, 20200

In a chamber with …

“Ghost Machine” by Terry Tierney

July 6, 2020September 1, 20200

“My mother says the camera steals souls,” #MetaworkerMonday

“Death and Mercy” by Kim Malinowski

June 29, 2020August 19, 20200

She wasn’t a phoenix, …

“Coffee Cup, Empty” by DAH

June 22, 2020August 19, 20202

This dimly-lit café, there’s …

“Horseshoes.” by DS Maolalai

June 15, 2020August 19, 20200

somewhere up here you …

“The Hunt” by Seth Jani

June 8, 2020August 29, 20200

I would step out …

“Loud Secrets” by Fabrice Poussin

June 1, 2020September 1, 20200

Two to speak loud …