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Suzannah Watchorn
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"A Forgotten Notebook" Returns: Discover the Curated Journal at The Collidescope
"A Forgotten Notebook," a curated journal in the style of Annie Ernaux and Sarah Manguso, is now available to read at The Collidescope.
suzannahwatchorn
Mar 312 min read
The Perfect End to 2024: My First Pushcart Prize Nomination!
Thanks to the Half Mystic team, "A Leopard Leaps, Deep in Love" truly reached its formal and poetic potential.
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Dec 11, 20243 min read
New poem, "Estuaries," a close reading of Caitlin Palo's "Yellow," & a prompt
The email 2 hours ago said FWD: FYI: last Friday 1 of our students threatened to rape another I teach both
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Oct 10, 20242 min read
New hybrid poem, "A Leopard Leaps, Deep In Love," How To Write an Ode, & a prompt
Even in my own private journal the following day, I struggled to put my emotions about the performance into words. Ode time!
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Jun 18, 20243 min read
New hybrid piece, "Me & The Medium" & a prompt
I tell her I’m in the midst of ugly transformation: I am the golden goo inside the chrysalis, dissolving, digesting myself, longing
suzannahwatchorn
Jun 1, 20242 min read
New poems, "The Intrinsic Lexicon," "Teatime" & a prompt
Hands, gloved or naked, crinkled or smooth, withered stumps or long and blushing, offer us everything, adept at their own language
suzannahwatchorn
Apr 27, 20242 min read
I Aimed For 100 Rejections in 2023. Now I'm Published!
Scared of rejections? Here's how to aim for 100 rejections this year, and transform your writing life.
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Jan 4, 20244 min read
New poem, "Aching" & a prompt
My relief was so great I anticipated the appointment like a birthday, and I vowed I’d be the happiest woman in the dental office.
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
New poem, "Echolocation" & a prompt
I come from a pod of melonheads & singers, from buoys & nets & reindeer skeletons
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Dec 1, 20232 min read
New poem, "Breakfast" & a prompt
I admire the deer who
thieved my decorative gourd.
Down the driveway, she left
its yellow-orange remains.
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Nov 9, 20231 min read
New poem, "Beyond Vision" & a prompt
yesterday
I was a warrior: one foot pointed forward, the other steady / parallel
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Oct 3, 20231 min read
New hybrid piece, "Educational Séances" & a prompt
a time travel novella about a young woman, July Friday, student due to undertake her Study Away Séance
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Sep 6, 20231 min read
New hybrid essay, "A Forgotten Notebook" & a prompt
Since falling in love with you, I began to believe in making wishes again—and in listening for myths and magic everywhere
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Sep 6, 20232 min read
New poem, "The Star" & a prompt
From Earth, Polaris seems too small
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Aug 5, 20231 min read
New poem, "Tiger of the Air" & a prompt
The first time I heard you I was in the attic, scribbling weepy words of despair in amethyst ink
suzannahwatchorn
Jul 28, 20231 min read
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