Empire Wasted: Poems

by Becca Klaver

In Empire Wasted , Becca Klaver fashions a poetry of digital upheaval, dystopian feminism, and political theater. - Becca Klaver is the author of Empire Wasted and LA Liminal, and cohost of the podcast The Real Housewives of Bohemia.

Genres: Poetry, Womens

115 pages, Paperback

Published November 15, 2016

About the author

Becca Klaver is the author of the full-length poetry collections LA Liminal (Kore Press, 2010), Empire Wasted (Bloof Books, 2016), and Ready for the World (Black Lawrence Press, 2020) as well as the chapbooks Inside a Red Corvette: A 90s Mix Tape (greying ghost press, 2009), Nonstop Pop (Bloof, 2013), and Merrily, Merrily (Lame House Press, 2013). She holds degrees from the University of Southern California (BA), Columbia College Chicago (MFA), and Rutgers University (PhD). A founding editor of the feminist poetry press Switchback Books, she is also the co-editor of the digital poetry anthology Electric Gurlesque.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

from Empire Wasted by Becca Klaver

What Am I Doing Here

tracking packages, moon phases
crooked streets that end at the sea

west was where the water was
now it's on all sides

you can tell by the slant of the sky
you can tell by the oil-slick indigo

city on a foam hill
girl sticking her limbs out the escape

planes fly upside down along
the decorative mirror

holding fancy sample perfumes and
shoes too nice to wear

don't know when to pay
or where to meet deliveries

don't know why the horizon
lights up at night

[Nate · Rating 5 out of 5]

My review for Fanzine: http://thefanzine.com/the-last-nostal...