Oct 25, 20181 min read

Poetry Update 4!

I can’t believe that I’ve actually had 10 pieces accepted this year. After setting the goal for myself at the end of July, I never...

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Bailey Merlin

Sep 1, 20181 min read

Poem #16

A Year Drowning in Ladybugs Aphids are laying eggs underneath my fingernails. I’m looking for ladybugs to eat them all up, fatted so I...

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Bailey Merlin

Aug 19, 20181 min read

Poem #15

when i realized i’d never forgive you when i saw the trumpeter blow the horn, my jericho heart came down, moved from flesh to fluid. it...

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Bailey Merlin

Aug 17, 20181 min read

Poem #14

A Love Poem for Cary Grant (the name I gave my depression) I tell my friend I think about suicide every night, the thought a pillow mint...

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Bailey Merlin

Jul 25, 20181 min read

Poetry Update 3!

This week has been one of those “When it rains, it pours” sort of situations. After a submission frenzy earlier this month, two of my...

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Bailey Merlin

Jul 22, 20181 min read

Poetry Update 2!

Exciting news, everyone. My poem “Rule of Nines” has recently been published by the gracious team at The Indianapolis Review. Please,...

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Bailey Merlin

Jul 19, 20181 min read

Poem #13

Redistribution Your head is a Lazy Susan spinning busy, out of control like the wheels of time grinding you down. Are you feeling a...

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Bailey Merlin

Jul 18, 20181 min read

Poem #12

a long term cure for paronychia we linger on your hangnails, preparing to be chewed away. i want you to dip me headfirst into paraffin...

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Bailey Merlin

Jun 8, 20182 min read

Poem #11

June 12, 2008 It’s mosquitos swarming and the screen door slapping against the hickory frame as my body is stretching out of girlhood ...

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Bailey Merlin

May 6, 20181 min read

Poem #10

Hermit Crab Hermetism There’s something in your sleeping breath that reminds me of a hermit crab gathering its courage to find a home...

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Bailey Merlin

Feb 20, 20181 min read

Poem #9

Untethered The world is made of string, all held together, tangled, tripping though resting on quantum foam to make up quarks both...

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Bailey Merlin

Jan 20, 20181 min read

Poem #8

Burn Wise Wood smoke cannot be contained, though persuaded to linger in the slope of your shoulder then visited by the keen talent of my...

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Bailey Merlin

Nov 17, 20171 min read

Poem #7

Striped I fell from a dock in the summer, split my hand open like a ripened fig, blood drip-dropping to ruddy the waves while I gulped...

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Bailey Merlin

Jul 11, 20171 min read

Poem #6

My Gujarat Girl She never told me, but I knew the way she slept in mango trees and rolled over ripened fruit, a fragrant mess as she...

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Bailey Merlin

Jul 3, 20171 min read

Poem #5

As I struggle with yet another pressure migraine, I think fondly (okay, no so fondly) on the scarce few mornings in which I have woken up...

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Bailey Merlin

Jun 30, 20171 min read

Poem #4

Rosebud I felt a pinch in my palm: a rosebud sprouted from my life line. Its sepals clung together like a trembling suit of armor. I...

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Bailey Merlin

Jun 26, 20171 min read

Poem #3

Life has been pretty rough for me as of late. I’ve been through the wringer, and I’m just trying to keep my shit together long enough to...

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Bailey Merlin

Jun 8, 20171 min read

Poem #2

With so much time on my hands these days, I reflect a lot. A year ago, I met a young girl who was on the verge of tears every time I saw...

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Bailey Merlin

May 23, 20171 min read

Poem #1

I’ve been fiddling around with poetry a lot more these days because, for me, it’s a lot easier to write a poem and express myself than it...

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Bailey Merlin

May 3, 20171 min read

Found Poetry #1

So, I’ve been rocking this whole 9-5 thing for a whole three days now. I gotta say, while it is soul crushing, there are some serious...

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