Work by Denise Duhamel

  1. Looking for Other

    Posted in Poetry, September 2009

    Alaskan sin­gles who lis­ten to jazz. Bilingual sin­gles. Singles with money. Codependent sin­gles who just got the ax. Down-in-the-dumps sin­gles whose jaws hang low. Eco-friendly sin­gles. Singles into improv. Flaky flipped out sin­gles with the flu. Ghost-ridden sin­gles with gout. Hippie sin­gles with shin­gles. Inappropriate sin­gles full of anger. Jelly-belly sin­gles. Singles who mea­sure others [...]

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  2. Marriage

    Posted in Poetry, September 2009

    Please, honey, don’t cry. I love you. I’ll do any­thing to make you happy. Will you take me bowl­ing? Fuck that. You know I hate bowling.

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  3. What It’s All About

    Posted in Poetry, September 2009

    I put the pop­corn in my mouth one ker­nel at a time because I was afraid the beige pol­ish had yet to dry on my soft nails that bent to and fro when they grew too long. The nails I once used as shov­els in the sand­box, that peeled the skin of my sister’s fading [...]

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