the dust dances too

i taste bonfireon your breath,or is it the air? dizzy,confused i’m intoxicatedby your...

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:22:00 -0400

i taste bonfire
on your breath,
or is it the air?

dizzy,
confused

i’m intoxicated
by your proximity
and the warmth
of these fireflies
brushing against

our skin.

rain.

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:39:00 -0400

if i fall with you,
will i find peace
in a collision?

or sleep,
in the depths
of a puddle?

now we’re setting fire to everything—the moon, the stars, the styrofoamplanets we hung...

Thu, 31 May 2012 22:53:00 -0400

now we’re setting fire to everything—
the moon, the stars, the styrofoam
planets we hung from the livingroom
ceiling —sucking the last breath of
space into our lungs; the universe
we created and once held, timidly,
in our tiny hands.

the weightlesssensationof an empty handat night,a blur of tiny stars andstreetlightsslipping...

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:40:26 -0400

the weightless
sensation
of an empty hand
at night,
a blur
of tiny stars and
streetlights
slipping through
fingers.

on the wind.

Tue, 29 May 2012 14:10:52 -0400

we move lightly,
further into blue—
deeper into sunlight.

a poetry reading by:the dust dances too i’m intoxicated by the...

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:16:28 -0400

a poetry reading by:
the dust dances too

i’m intoxicated by the way you drink
up the sun, with your lips, and tongue
and open palms,
the warm air fills up our lungs
and i long so much
to touch all of the places
that light drips from your skin.

the distance of things.

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:31:00 -0400

she felt insignificant, that’s all.
especially at night with the lights off,
or whenever she looked up into space.

238,850.737 miles

that’s the distance to the moon,
she thought, trying to breathe
but unable to move her lungs

because the distance between things
was measured more in feelings
than feet—

and she felt it, deep and encompassing,
inside every part of her,
as if it were swallowing her up.

a kinesthesia of music,your fingertips like a needledeep inside the vinyl grooves of my heart.

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:29:22 -0400

a kinesthesia of music,
your fingertips like a needle
deep inside the vinyl grooves
of my heart.

the savage resonanceof thunder,the gentle tremble insidehollow spacesyou’ve left.

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:54:35 -0400

the savage resonance
of thunder,
the gentle tremble inside
hollow spaces
you’ve left.

we’ll pack each otheraway in boxeswhen the time comes.

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:39:41 -0400

we’ll pack each other
away in boxes
when the time comes.

theatomy: The Atomy is now accepting submissions for our June...

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:05:33 -0400

theatomy:

The Atomy is now accepting submissions for our June issue.

Our theme for June is “flight.” We encourage all artists to interpret the theme in their own way; prose, design, photography, illustrations, music, film, poetry— explore the theme for yourself and be creative.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES HERE.

submit your work! :)

dreamcatchers.

Tue, 22 May 2012 21:20:00 -0400

and in the morning
they shook their pillows
violently, hoping
all the dreams they lost
that night would tumble
out.

a tiny story.

and we listened in the silencefor the beat of our hearts.

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:41:53 -0400

and we listened in the silence
for the beat of our hearts.

to live, for a few seconds,to slip away with the windslipping through the windowand touch the...

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:58:12 -0400

to live, for a few seconds,
to slip away with the wind
slipping through the window
and touch the trees
with your eyes shut;

to finally know
the secrets the stars keep.

theatomy: King of the Surfby Richard Vergez awesome collage...

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:27:46 -0400

theatomy:

King of the Surf
by Richard Vergez

awesome collage on the Atomy.

i hope you’ll rememberthe slight movementof the earth breathingagainst our skin,standing by...

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:18:00 -0400

i hope you’ll remember
the slight movement
of the earth breathing
against our skin,
standing by the sea
with our pockets full
of planets and sand
and our hands
touching.

the seduction of light,this temptation to touchthe chill of winter again,and feel alive.

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:56:00 -0400

the seduction of light,
this temptation to touch
the chill of winter again,
and feel alive.

you are the moon—your eyes, and smile,and lipscontrollingthe waves that thunder...

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:31:00 -0400

you are the moon—
your eyes, and smile,
and lips
controlling
the waves that thunder
endlessly
inside my chest.

love.

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:18:00 -0400

we created a monster
and let it devour us
completely.

mirtlemyth: freckles - tiny story by...

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:45:00 -0400

mirtlemyth:

freckles

- tiny story by thedustdancestoo

sometimes i get lost
in the constellations
on your face.

(a lovely illustration by Mirtle
for my tiny story.)