Poet of the MonthJoanna ValenteCharlotte Covey, poetry, poet of the month

Charlotte Covey: December 2019 Poet of the Month

Poet of the MonthJoanna ValenteCharlotte Covey, poetry, poet of the month
Charlotte Covey: December 2019 Poet of the Month
Photo: Joanna C. Valente

Photo: Joanna C. Valente

sexts

 

i want to fuck you but the ghosts

are still inside me.

 

i want to bury myself

in you.

 

i will name each

moan.

 

you’re an angel,

ride me.

 

i want you to

look at me

 

when you cum.

i'll stain your skirt, i'll feel

 

you from the inside out.

i love you, i love

 

you, i wish you were

her. i'll tie you

 

with ropes, draw

blood. i'll rip your hair out.

 

i remember your eyes

looking up while you choked.

 

do u mis S the wAy muy

coC K felT??

Charlotte Covey is from St. Mary's County, Maryland. She currently lives in St. Louis, and she earned her MFA in Poetry from the University of Missouri -St. Louis in Spring 2018. She has poetry published or forthcoming in journals such as The Normal School, Salamander Review, CALYX Journal, the minnesota review, and the Potomac Review, among others. In 2015, she was nominated for an AWP Intro Journal Award.