Bad Catechumen
Sam Downey-HigginsThe Bad Catechumen writes poems when he should be at church.
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Old Man Thumos vs. the Baby(lon)boomers
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Light verse for
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No one says a word
about his lilacs anymore;
think our careful conversations
in the stolen aft...
Long Defeat
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Then it’s simple, the stood-for things:
over the stele the sun in the wind...
the honeysuckle bowed to the bee......
Hades!
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I believe the story
about the old carnivorous gate
in the ground at the end of the road—
the blank-eyed door...
Fever Diary, July 26–28 2026
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I.
Too sick to hide our skin
In the churning fleshpot—now
I know the how and why
Of temple arches, secre...
Translations from the Memoirs of Mad Angels
‘Throne and Power’ ; photo by the author
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Night Market
I awake and recognize no object
in the house. The moth grips
the vinyl win...
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