PoetryBouquets of Necessity by Claire Scott
I spend hours in parks, on playgrounds places where children hang out MacDonald’s, Red Robin Pizza Fenton’s Ice Cream Parlor some people stare, look worried when they see me day after day…
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Writing by Claire Scott published in Dual Coast Magazine. 8 pieces from the archive, free to read.
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PoetrySome Time Ago Yesterday by Claire Scott
trail of pants shirts underwear your plaid boxers my lacy bra lips tongues teeth frantic, pressing bodies burning slick with sweat encore une fois until we fall into tangled sleep ~~~OOO~~~ some…
PoetryNot Exactly Florence Nightingale by Claire Scott
that’s you not me in the white bed, white board with the name of today’s on-duty nurse: Mahalia Reyes me in my gym clothes and Asics running shoes still pink from exertion…
PoetryBulky Pickup by Claire Scott
Without a doubt my favorite day of the year no need to buy presents, send sappy cards or FTD flowers no need to make another too-dried-out turkey with sausage stuffing no one…
PoetryGretel & Hansel By Claire Scott
Dear Reader, I need to clarify the record the woods we wandered were not at all lovely but definitely dark & deep no sunlight rimpled through wide branches breadcrumbs gone by noon…
PoetryOn This Matter of Missing My Mother By Claire Scott
I barely made it on time, inching along the freeway at fifteen miles an hour, streetlights splashing Vermont snow, racing down the corridor, pleading, trying to find room 105 wondering if sweet…
PoetryDesperately Semaphoring from The Shore by Claire Scott
Desperately semaphoring from the shore I wave & call your name Samuel stomp like a lunatic down the beach tromple striped beach towels & children’s shovels kick over plastic buckets crush elaborate…
PoetryGolden Years by Claire Scott
GOLDEN YEARS Is it possible? Did I pass through my golden years and completely miss them? those easy years rocking on the porch, reading the Great Novels, grandchildren quietly playing Monopoly, the…