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 8/11/24 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.

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

gnawing.

How long it will take the dogs to break the windows – how most of them have been trained not to damage things and so will die inside living rooms and kitchens just because they know too well how to be good.

Clare Zicari 7/31/24 Clare Zicari 7/31/24

heat death.

I cry on the couch while Mike Rowe teaches me about Heat Death.

Clare Zicari 7/31/24 Clare Zicari 7/31/24

inventory.

My apartment is a castle this month.

Clare Zicari 7/30/24 Clare Zicari 7/30/24

orpheus / eurydice

i have the sense sometimes of otherness

Clare Zicari 7/29/24 Clare Zicari 7/29/24

how to write when your bones are broken.

I spend my day sitting.

And sitting.

Clare Zicari 7/20/24 Clare Zicari 7/20/24

shards.

The sky fell on a Thursday.

Clare Zicari 7/19/24 Clare Zicari 7/19/24

scattershot.

My image always looks strange through the camera on my laptop.

Clare Zicari 7/18/24 Clare Zicari 7/18/24

caves.

The longest cave system in Maine can be found inside my parents’ house. It starts in the kitchen, rolls around through my childhood bedroom, sinks into the first floor and from there into the earth. It is surrounded by trees. It is beautiful. It is quiet. It is cold.

Clare Zicari 7/8/23 Clare Zicari 7/8/23

after dreams.

i’ve thought that dreams were things only

found in the dark /…

things i’ve been considering…

my poet muse.