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Three Poems by C.M. Dreibelbis
Plants & animals are acting more than a little sinister & multiple choice haunting doesn’t make us feel any less weird about it. But we don’t mind feeling weird. Today we feature poems by C.M. Dreibelbis. Read the poems. -
The 2024 Chapbook Series is now available!
CDSOB’s first print chapbook series has arrived! Check out new collections from Juliet Cook, Christine Kanownik, Jonathan Minton, and Michael Sikkema! View the books. -
Friday Feature
Mini-reviews of horror movies, books, albums, and other cultural artifacts dropping every Friday.Now viewing: Blood Incantation at Underground Arts, Philadelphia, Nov. 25, 2024
Recent Work
Three Poems
by Matthew Schmidt
Slip away with us to the secret rooms of returning contributor Matthew Schmidt’s poems.
Published December 9, 2024
Healthcare is Hell
by Christine Kanownik
To accompany the release of her CDSOB chapbook, Blood Bath (which you can order from our Books page), Christine Kanownik writes about the horrors of the American healthcare system that fire up her poetry.
Published December 2, 2024
"De re metallica"
by Jennifer Nelson
“This // is what I get for not having a past, / … / Everyone who sees me / wants to know where the humans are // and the answer is I’m a forest / with a few signs of habitation / … // This exorcism fails.” This week, Jennifer Nelson inspires us to properly transcribe the banger lines we’re quoting from their poem “De re metallica.”
Published November 25, 2024
from ...While Marie
by Ann Pedone
Speech acts. Cabaret acts. Unpleasant acts. Memory acts. Fungal acts. Child bride acts. Dental acts. Subprime acts. Delusional acts. Calling out in the last working language we share. Today, we feature prose poems from “While Marie,” by Ann Pedone.
Published November 18, 2024
Illustrations
by Irina Tall (Novikova)
The wolves see us seeing them like we aren’t there. They wander & play among the city seams. They bleed through the paper. They have much to show us. Today, we feature illustrations by Irina Tall (Novikova).
Published November 11, 2024
Three Poems
by Steven Karl
Terror in the body, terror in the family, terror on the page, terror in the machine. Today we feature Part II of a series of poems by Steven Karl.
Published November 4, 2024
Sex Tent
by Kris Hall
Just because we’ve seen Sex Tent 11 times doesn’t mean we’re prepared for Sex Tent 12. We know this, and yet we’re surprised by how spicy it gets up there. And still we push through the crowd.
Published October 21, 2024
Three Poems
by Steven Karl
Halloween is every day in our hearts, but this week feels extra hallowed, connecting Samhain with the Day of the Dead. We can think of no better celebration at CDSOB than to present poems from regular contributor Steven Karl. Part I of the set goes up today, and we can all look forward to Part II this coming Monday. Today, 2 elegies and a double feature🎃🔪🖤🔥🍿
Published October 30, 2024
