Paracosmic

life is tough, my darling, but so are you

Category: Poems

  • friend

    friend

    in

    Is it supernatural, is it my psychosis speaking

  • Anak/Child

    Anak/Child

    in

    Non-existent motherhood, non-existent child. Written in two languages

  • Cold body

    Cold body

    in

    Trigger warning—suicidal ideation.

  • Programmatic sinner

    Programmatic sinner

    in

    Encouraging complicity 101: “AI won’t replace humans. Instead, those who don’t know how to use AI will be replaced.”

  • The thing about May

    The thing about May

    in

    If you randomly hate a month, is it personal or political? But personal is political. Is it environmental or societal? But what is society without its surroundings? Fickleness. Restlessness. Uncertainty.

  • If I were Athena

    If I were Athena

    in

    Dear Athena, Was it silence or complicity? Was it wisdom and strength, or toxic pride and oppression?

  • Daughter

    Daughter

    in

    A woman’s life is defined by her gender roles, with little chance for change or broader possibilities, reflecting deep societal limitations.

  • Witch hunt

    Witch hunt

    in

    *Chop. Swish. Crunch.*Young women giggled while cooking withingredients I bought when the sky was still dark,a thirty-minute ride to the market, hopingI got invited to play house—instead of catching nasty glancesfor not knowing how to handle knives. *Blub. Plop. Sizzle.*I mopped the floor twice a day because maybeI’d get to know what you whispered about,and…

  • Girls and Women

    Girls and Women

    in

    A belated acrostic elegy for Alice Munro, her literary contribution and an ironic – or perhaps hinted – legacy surfaced posthumously.