Showing posts with label Joshua Gage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joshua Gage. Show all posts

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Joshua Gage

humid evening
two beads of red
over the TNT bunkers

— Joshua Gage



marriage bed
the softness of the pillow
as he stops kicking

— Joshua Gage

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Joshua Gage

chuckling goat…
a spatter of blood stains
her pink lace bra 

— Joshua Gage



mothballs…
the weight of the demon
squat on my chest

— Joshua Gage

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Joshua Gage

charnel mist 
the ether of lightning
stirs our leeches

— Joshua Gage



Pasul Bârgău
our unburied child
whimpers a lullaby

— Joshua Gage

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Joshua Gage

the baby’s fingers
waving goodbye…
disemboweled nun

— Joshua Gage



laudanum
the keloid scar
around her neck

— Joshua Gage

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Joshua Gage

wax poppet
the taste of her
after the miscarriage

— Joshua Gage



replacement nanny
bloody feathers cling
to her mohair shawl

— Joshua Gage

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Joshua Gage

blood moon
the witchfinder’s granddaughter
chants in Latin

— Joshua Gage



family crypt
the iron spike 
in the witch’s skull

— Joshua Gage 

Friday, September 23, 2022

Joshua Gage

bonfire
the shriek of the witch
as the nails sink in

— Joshua Gage 



haunted house
the spectre’s reflection
in my Bordeaux

— Joshua Gage

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Joshua Gage

volcano ash
on the VHS tape
worn static

— Joshua Gage 



typhoon
the secrets my dead wife
whispered to the waves

— Joshua Gage

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Joshua Gage

travel-worn cloak
the rasp of a whetstone
against his scythe

— Joshua Gage

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Monday, August 30, 2021

Joshua Gage

waning moon
the scrape of shovels
from the potter’s field

— Joshua Gage

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Joshua Gage

abbey ruins
descending the staircase
a gaunt shadow

— Joshua Gage

Monday, April 12, 2021

Joshua Gage

filigreed moon 
the rattle of dirt
on his coffin

— Joshua Gage

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Joshua Gage

anniversary
of my wife’s death 
a rattling door knob

— Joshua Gage

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Joshua Gage

full moon
a tendril of mist
through the bedroom keyhole

— Joshua Gage

Monday, February 22, 2021

Joshua Gage

jabs of straw
from the cell’s padding
the itch of leather

— Joshua Gage

Friday, February 5, 2021

Joshua Gage

airbnb
the smell of bitter almonds
in my evening tea

— Joshua Gage