Amy Saul-Zerby

[lifeinpoetry]

lin-manuel asks how do you write like you’re  

running out of time and i guess i’m just saying i wasn’t aware that there were other ways to write

— Amy Saul-Zerby, from “SLAA is for lovers,” published in The Tiny

[amysaulzerby]

[lifeinpoetry]

i thought if i said the right words in a certain order it would break a spell, but all it did was burn a bridge

— Amy Saul-Zerby, from “if you want to make it stop, then stop,” published in The Rumpus

[lifeinpoetry]

what are the right words for this kind of aching this buzzing at the back of the throat?

— Amy Saul-Zerby, from “if you want to make it stop, then stop,” published in The Rumpus

[lunchboxpoems]

LOVE USED TO BE

soft rain that fell when needed a song to come back to again & again possible possible possible

AMY SAUL-ZERBY

[amysaulzerby]

for anyone who may need to be reminded

[fastidol]

[wildfairy]

we shouldn’t let poets lie to us, but we will.

Amy Saul-Zerby, go gentle if you want to, published in Peach Mag (via wildfairy)

[yespoetry]

Amy Saul-Zerby: Memories Become Clutter

memories become clutter

you tell me the light falls

in slats but i don’t see it any-

more. limbs slackened as

your hands around my

neck in the dark would have

in time. don’t tell me about

bravery, take my name

in vain, i am ready to let go

of specificity & the idea

that i know anything

a rose is a rose is a rose

and i don’t remember why

Amy Saul-Zerby is the author of Deep Camouflage (Civil Coping Mechanisms) and Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds (Be About It Press). Her poems have appeared in Painted Bride Quarterly, Spy Kids Review, Mad House, and Bedfellows Magazine. She is editor in chief of Voicemail Poems and a contributing writer at Fields Magazine and The Rumpus.

[bostonpoetryslam]

When nothing grows out of my fear but more fear I put on the kettle and think of the flowers who came before me I think of all the little saplings who grew right away and easily and with grace and I say, Fuck those little saplings! and it makes me feel better because I am less of a nice person than everyone thinks sometimes

Amy Saul-Zerby, “In the Valley of the Dolls,” published in Spy Kids Review (via bostonpoetryslam)

[amysaulzerby]

from my second collection, DEEP CAMOUFLAGE, which is out now via Civil Coping Mechanisms!

bit.ly/2BxcEgF | http://amzn.to/2H7mxpl

[amysaulzerby]

v serious poem from my v serious poetry book bc life is short & there is no time for nonsense okay

[jamiemortara]

AMY SAUL-ZERBY. (from “paper flowers imaginary birds”)

[amysaulzerby]

tell em, boy bye ✌️️

[amysaulzerby]

📷 by jamie mortara.  words by me.

[jamiemortara]

DAMN. (from Amy Saul-Zerby’s “Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds”)

[beachsloth]

Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds by Amy Saul-Zerby

Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds by Amy Saul-Zerby

With a sense of play and purpose, Amy Saul-Zerby’s “Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds” utilizes the implicit “you” of poetry to great effect. Relationships, the good and the bad, are explored in intricate detail. Pop culture references of Patrick Swayze and the details on fortune cookies serve an integral purpose in the high personal intricate poems that grace every page. Keenly realizing that…

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