Indie Poetry Quotes

“But unlike Vegas,
what happens in a poet's cave
never stays in a poet's cave...
We tend to release
the bats”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Confessions of a D3AD Petal

“When you decide to go
in the opposite direction
of everyone
dedicated to misunderstanding You,
and not look back,
you start running into everyone
who's waiting
to accept You and the earth shifts
right under feet, like that annoying song

And now, things that annoyed you,
and people that took you for granted
no longer threaten your peace
Only it can be slightly brutal; the cloud
that stays- the epiphany that giggles
while running down the hall,

You always held the power.”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Confessions of a D3AD Petal

“Bad Trash
( I Don't Like the Sound of That)

Runs in the family
R u n s in the f a m i l y-
No, that's an atrocity
you won't hear from me

I don't like the sound of that
Not lyin' in a mouse trap-
I'm a mofo' sassy cat
I don't clean no d i r t y rat

No, not my reality
Said not M Y reality-
Don't shine shit in front of me
and call it my reality!

I don't like the sound of that
Cruel intentions get tires flat

I say what will shine for me
I say what will bleed for me
I call out the trash to me
Bad trash always dies for me

Clawed out my own reality
The top from the back alley
I don't run in the family
I run far from the alley

Calling all my sour soulmates-
Recovering a l l e y c a ts
You all clean up so good now
No bad, bad trash, just LoVe pats!










No bad trash, just LoVe pats”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Confessions of a D3AD Petal

“You're a fancy dinner on the crazy train
(eh) Not really that fancy, but once,
you made it rain

I'm bedazzled as much as a corpse can be
Stumbled on the ride without
asking the fee

We dance in the graveyard
where we crashed off track, I still
have BIG DREAMS but there's no going back..”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Table for One zine

“only said you loved me
one time i cornered you...
now i understand
only want the tightest hand
to just let go,
yeah, letting you go, go, go
ready, set, go
ready, set, go
ready, set, GO!!!

Now, I'm racing so slow!
Snails RRR running the show!
At my own pace, LET GO!
Said, pour another, Moe,
I'm just tryin' to let go...”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“I'm an excellent swimmer but,
I'd become so tired. The void pimped me out
to the nearest whale belly that churned me
and turned me like tricks
on your ocean floor. I said, ha, what's new?
I washed ashore, only after giving my best
dolphin smile and
no fucks”
― Casey Renee Kiser, NightMARE Crush

“It’s cool, new eyes for a poet
are way too easy to cum by, baby
We get off on having nine lives-
MEOW (I wasn’t yet a lion)”
― Casey Renee Kiser

“pissing on photos, we wake
parched
in parallel realities
i still end up drowning
in visions

he settles for the horror;
hostage
to the oddity of normal-
comfy spot mirage,

as he makes the bed daily
so he can lie in it and
be secret sad boy; he settles
to sleepwalk with fantasy,
slitting the throat of actual
possibility, begging
for a hand job to get through the day,
making friends with locked doors
and collectors of cookie cutters”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“He shows them his best impression
of a paperweight
How to be a good lil' rock 101:
Never show emotion,
even when someone you love
paints a smile on you”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“Remember my heart laid bare at your feet-
you kicked it way across the Universe
Never thought I'd travel this much, I'm beat
Lip-stitched, still smile and wave from the hearse”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Altered States of the Unflinching Souls

“Premium glare of white noise;
tragically prettier than the other toys-
Undress her to be the talk of the room
then throw her on the bed
and let the teddies have the boom”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Doll Shaker

“Some nights,
it's only the SKY that pays in full
With dark clouds, I am so very rich
The moon takes me by the hand
and I am careless, I know this...
Some nights
end with a little too much backtalk,
that's when the night
ends at all”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Doll Shaker

“The gods promised
I'd wake up

a stranger.

Now the old king's worms are aglow;

not in a good sense,
for their lack of good sense”
― Casey Renee Kiser, NightMARE Crush

“Exile me
From Planet Kardashian
'Darkness, rescue me'
I need true stars”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Paper and Ink Literary Zine: Best of The First Ten Years

“Your tongue-be-damned smirks
Sinister hush-hush
Your psycho-circus alluring quirks
Drama pit rush-rush”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Not Your Kind: The Gaslit Files

“Do you dare dismiss the poetess;
Fuck up her mind with your toxic kiss?
Do you dare hide the razors and knives
to bore her with your shallow dives?
Do you dare dream of a grand vacation
fucking your side chick at the Days Inn?
Do you dare ask to have your glass refilled
after ordering the hit for her spirit killed?
Do you dare daydream of a life so fair
while making hers a waking nightmare?
Do you dare not answer, darling?
Do you not hear Karma calling...”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Not Your Kind: The Gaslit Files

“My nightmare-man comes SO LOUD;
he comes often, bores me and collects
my wrist cuts-
oh he cuts, he cuts, HE CUTS
Promises me I’m in the black book, he checks,
ha! Yes! Top ten mind-fuckable sluts! Cold cuts;
licks his knives and hands me his double tongue
I say, ‘Oh baby, JUST BREATHE’
as I rip out his dreamy lungs. Can’t gaslight
a FiRestARTeR, dragons up my sleeve; alchemy
Now HE can’t wAke up ‘cause my flames
will never leave

until he’s ready to be a dReAm.


(N i gh tMARE Crush outtakes)”
― Casey Renee Kiser, NightMARE Crush

“FiXXX ur Recep+ion

I never bother
with the broken antennas
Reception comes
through clearly for those not jealous
Love life alone;
don't buy extra large umbrellas
We can hold hands

if
you can pick up
what i put down-
motherfucker,
don't make a sound

Loud with ac+ion
will my real dark prince please stand up...

Avoidance-void
bores me to death; living dead girl
Beat 'round the bush
I'm not UR around the way girl
Slam dance; slam words
passion's a thing- give it a whirl
We can ignite

if
you can get down
burn; shut me up
motherfucker,
and don't give up

Fight for your right
what's your message; no ads disrupt”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Suckerpunching Spite

“The fragile frequency
on which his nightglare exists
sends desperate
shock waves; subtle static
to infiltrate my daydreams,
breezing over my lips {come back},
knocking faintly on my skin
now once in a while,
reminding me of when
i really did believe strangers
had the best candy

The waves that got through
to me just like we were
one-

back when
I was fragile
too”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Inviting...and other misfortunes

“Nothing frightened me anymore,
except the thought of my words
remaining unheard, trapped in silence.
Then I published something.

And I wouldn’t stop—
each word a step toward liberation,
each line a testament to my resilience.”
― Jasmine Farrell, Rising From The Roots