July 28, 2022
“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…
July 27, 2022
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…
July 26, 2022
“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…
July 25, 2022
“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…
July 22, 2022
“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…
July 21, 2022
“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…
July 20, 2022
“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,……
July 19, 2022
“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…
July 18, 2022
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…
July 13, 2022
“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…