“Sensodyne Surprise,” “Right Where He Should Be,” and “Searching for Forever”

Sensodyne Surprise He’s at CVS, Just picking up, A few things, Paper towels, Wipes, Some snacks, Now looking for, Toothpaste, And quickly, He…


Echo Chamber

Reacting to suddenness is generic. Sobbing because the face of God is dizzying. Buskin’ apocalyptic-folk with some friends all over the atlases. We…


“Waterbirth” and “Variations/Circumlocutions on a Theme in Camus”

Waterbirth On a sunny day, in the courtyard of my ancestral home, where I have never been, a swing swings. My ancestor swings on it. He is wearing…


“Elegy After the Wildfire” and “Parturition”

Elegy After the Wildfire After Caroline Tsai I understand delusion: what it means to smoke plume. How it rises and rises into dusk orange bleating…


“The Old Bridge Over the Chattahoochee,” “The Taoist Mechanic in Georgia,” “Savannah,” and Other Poems

Deborah Townley Stallard passed away earlier this year. These poems were submitted to Terror House on her behalf by her husband Andrew. We hope we…


“Yellow Pages Hidden,” “Burn the Spoon,” and “The Phantom in Every Emptying Bottle”

Yellow Pages Hidden under worn-out, dry-jism-drenched whorehouse mattresses, once upon a long time, when the call of the dens and joints was too…


“Evening Peanut Butter” and “Animal Control”

Evening Peanut Butter Something, Has become, Increasingly, Clear, It’s, About, His, Little London, There’s, This, Thing, That’s been, Happening,……


“Kindergarten,” “Apocrypha,” and “Fire-Eater”

Kindergarten Blacked out windows, only fake light for the children. Baby blue eyes, those friends of yours they were never here. Now write your…


Kissing an English Boy (Notes)

“The spread of arc light–based street lighting systems (which at the time ran at a voltage above 3,000 volts) after 1880 led to many people dying…


“The Vet Visits” and “Sidewalk Chat”

The Vet Visits He had, Been trying, To find, A vet, To come, See, Little London, For quite, Some time, Years, Really, And thankfully, He finally…