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The Knife of Her Gaze or (The Art of Revising)

The Knife of Her Gaze or (The Art of Revising)

Excerpt: “…it was paired down to its marrow: a bare-bonedness that endures like teeth in the grass.”

C.P. SHAFERJanuary 16, 2024writing, fiction, revisions, revising, Walt Whitman, poetry

The Dark That Sleeves the Sun's Long Arms or (Love)

The Dark That Sleeves the Sun's Long Arms or (Love)

The center becomes too heavy and the fabric of the universe is overwhelmed.

C.P. SHAFERJanuary 16, 2018science, love, universe, time, clocks, black holes, space-time, multiverse, My Father's Hand Is a Mountain Range, poetry Comments

God's Loneliest Men or (Writing Chapter Two)

God's Loneliest Men or (Writing Chapter Two)

After a summer love turned winter, so did I.

C.P. SHAFERDecember 20, 2017writing, loss, loneliness, fingerprint, prison, rain, walks, military, heroes, film, poems, poetry, seeds, summer love, heart, winter Comments

Love and Other Gravities or (Where Do Books Come From?)

Love and Other Gravities or (Where Do Books Come From?)

She was cool. She was all I could not poem.

C.P. SHAFERDecember 11, 2017poetry, poems, writing, books, self-publishing, creativity, art, first love, high school Comments