milwaukeepoet – Open Sorcery

I wrote this today: I’m the result of two generations of fire, at least my grandfather saw horrors he likes to laugh about and won’t talk about directly, but he replicates them compulsively when he’s stressed out or bored my mother does the same thing and laughs about it too, but watches me for the…

I went to a fantastic open mic for the first time with Emerson last night and performed my piece “lagomorphology”.

Sep 25, 2025

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Ashley Halliwell

in Lazarus’ Posts

Here’s the clip: And here I was, being a fucking dipshit before the show: It was a great time. I hope you enjoy the poem! -Lazarus

I just wrote this. It’s called “hurricane lazarus”, and it’s inspired by a conversation I had with a very powerful soul I met yesterday.

Sep 22, 2025

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Ashley Halliwell

in Allēna’s Posts, Our Poetry

I was born in an otherwise normal middle of june at the tail end of tornado alley. I’m a gemini, scorpio moon, half air, half water, all storm and tremendous force. say what you want about astrology, scorpios, or geminis, I’ll tell you what I know. I learned as a young child why they name…