Tag: family

• morska

  i recently lost a poem about the process of losing my grandmother. the slow tidal gravity that drew me away from her had me scrambling to identify memories of no fixed address. ironically the faded forms i could postmark were scribbled on brightly hued post-its; colour coded culture schemes with names like rio de janeiro, […]

  Chris J Cluff

  February 3, 2021

  poetry

  culture, family, grief, heritage, insight, irony, polish, regret, wkwab

• almanac

  we fell into unwilling hibernation that early spring. trees hadn’t yet bud their impertinent blooms into the brooding ides of march. life, oblivious, hadn’t yet paid its room and board for an early november check-in. sealed in and slumbering, breathing was made unprecious, mattering dematerialized us, numbness overwhelmed our stored selves. thoughtless meltwater loosened, dissolved, […]

  Chris J Cluff

  February 2, 2021

  poetry

  change, covid, family, loss, prose, signals, truth, wellness, wkwab

• vaccine

  it’s not ‘fear of the unknown’ that’s freaking me out right now. it’s more the realization that i’m devoid of emotion other than my ‘fear of the unknow’ that’s kinda getting to me

  Chris J Cluff

  January 8, 2021

  poetry

  covid, family, mindset, prose, signals, wkwab