The Black Dog Bites

Freeform poetry from the introspective collection, black dog, that runs with a folkloric figure that is often associated with misfortune and used as a metaphor for depression.

Black Dog Fishing

Freeform poetry from the introspective collection, black dog, that runs with a folkloric figure that is often associated with misfortune and used as a metaphor for depression.

The Black Dog Tries to Meditate

Freeform poetry from the introspective collection, black dog, that runs with a folkloric figure that is often associated with misfortune and used as a metaphor for depression.

The Black Dog Learns to Read

Freeform poetry from the introspective collection, black dog, that runs with a folkloric figure that is often associated with misfortune and used as a metaphor for depression.

My dad is dead (revised)

I don't know if I miss him or not. Did I really know him? What was I for him? Was I his redemption? Did I really care about him or was my relation to him just selfishness? I wonder if it is supposed to feel like in normal families. My dad was an...

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The Black Dog Swallows the Light

Freeform poetry from the introspective collection, black dog, that runs with a folkloric figure that is often associated with misfortune and used as a metaphor for depression.

Black Dog Kintsugi

Freeform poetry from the introspective collection, black dog, that runs with a folkloric figure that is often associated with misfortune and used as a metaphor for depression.

What I'm Telling Myself

A smile can be more than just the means to convey happiness. At the end of the day, it can be a lot of things beyond the conveyance of emotion. Some people smile because they're happy. For me, it's hard to remember the last time I did that. My smile...

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The Black Dog Chases Foxes

Freeform poetry from the introspective collection, black dog, that runs with a folkloric figure that is often associated with misfortune and used as a metaphor for depression.

My Dad Is Dead

My dad is dead... I feel so strange. I don't know if I miss him or not. Were we really special for each other? What was I for him? Was I his redemption? Did he really mean anything to me? I wonder if it is supposed to feel like...

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Transgressions

My transgressions move me through the chaos that is the world I grow and move in and out on a daily basis of which there is no end of struggles and happiness and falls are a common place where my ancestors have gotten up and kept going if only to hit...

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The Black Dog Takes a Walk

Freeform poetry from the introspective collection, black dog, that runs with a folkloric figure that is often associated with misfortune and used as a metaphor for depression.