things i’ve been considering…

My work has changed a lot over the years. From fantasy and 100-word challenges, to poetry and snippets of dreams, you’ll find a selection of my history here.

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Clare Zicari 8/12/25 Clare Zicari 8/12/25

snowflakes.

i hold the future

in my mind

like a mitten

holds Snowflakes

on a january day.

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Clare Zicari 8/12/25 Clare Zicari 8/12/25

canyons.

i have an obsession / with wear / with erosion

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Clare Zicari 1/5/25 Clare Zicari 1/5/25

~ guns and apples

i think that if i just stay utterly silent utterly silent utterly silent

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Clare Zicari 12/28/24 Clare Zicari 12/28/24

fate.

HAPPINESS! lain on the front stoop the hot cement of the summer morning…

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Clare Zicari 12/28/24 Clare Zicari 12/28/24

some questions for inertia.

how is it possible to run headlong at someone right in front of you and never reach their side?

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Clare Zicari 12/21/24 Clare Zicari 12/21/24

train track light.

i hope that you see me

crossing the tracks

in the rain / umbrella-less

in the snow / hat-less

in the sun / shade-less

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Clare Zicari 11/14/24 Clare Zicari 11/14/24

inertia.

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Clare Zicari 8/13/24 Clare Zicari 8/13/24

balance.

think least of death

when dawn breathes light /

let your first thought be

of its gossamer threads

of its golden fingers tracing

the mountain’s face

waking the world

from its temporary end.

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Clare Zicari 8/11/24 Clare Zicari 8/11/24

jealousy. yet. complete.

when the moon whispers her secrets to the tides,

the sun can only dream of his Jealousy.

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