Poetry
Poems by Christopher Leibow exploring memory, intimacy, dream logic, and the strangeness inside ordinary moments. A mix of lyric, surreal, and narrative work.
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In The Beginning: a poem in IV parts
I.Suddenly a flash across the sky—a bang, a scentthe scent of rain.Then rainthenanother bangsetting off all the car alarms in my heart II.In the beginningyou came to me like a flash of lightningthat…
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Of Love and War – a poem
Of love and war unfolds across three movements where intimacy becomes shelter, resistance, and quiet defiance. Against the machinery and rumors of war, the lovers claim their own country of touch, tenderness, and…
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Hotel Cavalier – a poem
Inside the Hotel Cavalier, tenderness flickers amid the dark. In the glow of neon and the ache of solitude, love reveals itself—fragile, imperfect, and human.
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Unbelievably Blue – a poem
Intro: A surreal poem about longing. Sighs become bureaucratic travelers. They drift into distant cities and quiet, blue-lit lives of their own., Born out of a conversation at the office about my…
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Dominga Corazon: A Poem of Remembrance
In the mountainsthey found her—brass lodged in her brow,her bonestelling of her suffering. The rosary her brother gave herfor her weddinghung from her white jawbone,where her teeth should be;Felled by the butt of…
