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“We bring in the coal that dyes our hands black not like ash
but like the thing that makes a black sheep black.”
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
but like the thing that makes a black sheep black.”
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
“The comma is a heart murmur”
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
“Drunk is the punch. Town a gasp. In between the letters are boots crushing tumbleweeds,”
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
“Poetry is a way to begin to understand the world again, to understand the world in new ways. It teaches readers empathy, the ability to listen and the ability learn how to quiet down...." —Jake Skeets”
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“He unlearns how to hold a fist with my hand. Bursts into dandelion seeds.”
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
“Sleepers in the fields with Mormon tea crowns. Bellflowers and sagebrush still medicine beneath them.”
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
― Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers




