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Baywolf

  • It all crashed down around me

    Basically, I'm not a poet, I'm a novelist. That's why it seems like if I feel like I need to write something poetic, it comes out like this: LONG. Spoiler! ...

    3 min read
  • I refuse to be weak

    I refuse to be bones are live wiresLittle tendons of mischanceConnect them togetherIn swirls of quicksand.The joints they are of ironHeld by my skin into trance.The curves of my fingers ...

    2 min read
  • Nap Interrupted

    This is supposed to be funny, and is actually something that has happened to me before. I wasn't going for any particular poetic style but any reviews y'all might give ...

    1 min read
  • A Moment in Mobile

    The sting of rain burns my visible skinMoisture rolls in waves, soaking me to the boneA gust: the air moving furiously in circlesI’m lifted and held in time.The slap of ...

    1 min read
  • Unreal Letters

    Fingers type the words you see,Eyes unseen read words on screen,A message, a note, the reverberationOf a soul left dangling to be caughtBy hands across the globe.Those mystery hearts beatRythyms ...

    1 min read


You are going to love some of your characters because they are you, or some facet of you, and you are going to hate some characters for the same reason.
— Anne Lamott