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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Before all this there was the Summer or When a Woman Leaves
“Is fall just the bill collector for \summer’s excess?” In the backyard you burn Fall’s leaves while children chase each other in imaginary wars, the smell of smoke their battlefield, a smoky theater…
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Atlas and Vulcana
The night moves along awkward, and I sit at the edge of my bed contemplating an even more awkward gravity—the kind that keeps us pinned down or struggling to move, like a…
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The Home I Will Build For You
Let me tell you about the home I will build for you, my love. I will build you a fine home where the front door is made of laughter, and when you knock…