Poetry By Shan Cawley

moving out

saying goodbye in the bedroom-
the time capsule
for all of my failed relationships

waft into the living room
its breeziness stained,
tattered and so guilty
the witness to sin,
a bystander by inaction.

the kitchen and its dirty floors,
the broken stove
i look at the window
i used to climb into;
fear eludes me still.

through the threshold i go,
the home i called my own
a monument to remember
my past lives by.



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commentary on streetcars by bukowski

streetcars-
infatuation, institutions, aging
finding comfort in god while small

what is the difference

1. between one obsession and another?

catholicism, streetcars, girls
instead of numbers, use
instances and situations as timestamps

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Bio: Shan Cawley is a poet based out of Morgantown, WV. Her first full length collection, kingdom now, is set to be released this summer by Maudlin House Press. You can follow Shan on Twitter and Instagram @shancawleywvu.

​Photo by Brianna Fierro

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