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Place my bones in a hollow tree
to be a bird’s nest foundation.
Writing this brings me close to animals,
and the rote animal in me that is afraid.
It’s good to say blunt things.
It’s ok to die at times—
Apr 22, 2026 05:15PM
Full-Time Mammal (Iowa Poetry Prize)

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Stacey ˗ ღ ˎˊ˗
Stacey ˗ ღ ˎˊ˗ is 44% done
“The universe does not have or need a mind,
but it should grow a mouth,
since I would like its voice
to shake the fluid in my cochleae
and ruffle tiny cilia.”
Apr 19, 2026 07:20PM
Full-Time Mammal (Iowa Poetry Prize)


Stacey ˗ ღ ˎˊ˗
Stacey ˗ ღ ˎˊ˗ is 35% done
“I am writing the poem to be my parents now, because I give birth to it.
I use metaphors so they fail,
use writing as glasses,
use people as examples of symptoms,
and I’m dying of life,
but Mommy gave birth so she could be seen.
I came out of the womb with a job I can’t quit.”
Apr 18, 2026 09:48PM
Full-Time Mammal (Iowa Poetry Prize)


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