Posted on January 18, 2026
by tara caribou
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the shame drips like tarslow and methodicalnever fully releasing its grip I am coated and coveredif I open my lipsit reveals itself withinmy eyes are coveredmy face downcast in the dark I attempt to hideturning off lightsrefusing eye contacthunching my shouldersturning away helpless, the… Continue Reading “Shame”
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Posted on December 22, 2025
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Be gentle
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Posted on December 19, 2025
by tara caribou
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you reach deepwanting to feel goodwanting to feelsomethingyou bury yourselfin desirein speculation and metaphysicsin coming timesin what once wasin a grief never formedand because of thisyou lasso otherswithout intending towithout realizing itand they, too, become the reachthe reach forforfor something moreand I, I hold… Continue Reading “Thin Ice”
Category: tara caribouTags: Change, Clear Mind, Connection, Contemplation, Deeper Understanding, Depression, Disconnect, Free Verse, Identity, Introspection, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Sadness, tara caribou, Thoughts
Posted on September 18, 2025
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In the quiet outer realm.
Category: tara caribouTags: Depression, Free Verse, Loneliness, Mental Health, OCD, Poem, Poetry, Relationship, Sadness, Self Worth, tara caribou, Turmoil
Posted on September 14, 2025
by tara caribou
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Oh fool! Fool!What a foolish girl!Follow your heartAnd be fooled!Tear out the roots!Cast down the cost!Believe that loveCan carry you through,Oh what a fool! It never changes,Does it?Comes the whisperSo painfully clear.It never, ever changes.You willNeverBe good enough.You will neverBe enough. The same foolish… Continue Reading “The Fool”
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Posted on September 1, 2025
by tara caribou
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may sleep come soonin this great dark chasm of emptinesstogether, alonedimly aware of the spaces between uswhispers become brayingan ass with that same old songI wish I could say: this too shall passinstead I join in, a melody of my ownsame lips thougheven in… Continue Reading “An Untitled Poem to Start Out September, Apparently”
Posted on July 3, 2020
by tara caribou
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A review of Layne Ambrose’s poetry book “And Other Things From This Time”.
Category: Book ReviewsTags: Author, Book Review, Collection, Dark, Depression, Indie, Layne Ambrose, Life, Opinion, Poetry, Reading, Recommendation, Share
Posted on May 16, 2020
by tara caribou
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A review of Tim Miller’s short story collection “The Lonely Young and The Lonely Old”.
Category: Book ReviewsTags: Author, Book Review, Collection, Dark, Depression, Essays, Life, Loneliness, Love, Opinion, Prose, Reading, Recommendation, Short Story, Tim Miller, Turmoil
Raw Earth Ink 