Good monster /
A collection of poems by Diannely Antigua.
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| Language: | English |
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Port Townsend, Washington :
Copper Canyon Press,
[2024].
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Table of Contents:
- Someday I'll stop killing Diannely Antigua
- Chronically
- Diary entry #5: self-portrait as Revelations
- A hundred and then none
- Self-portrait as Easter pamphlet on the door
- I'm surprised at my tolerance
- Pantoum in case of emergency
- Diary entry #13: being sick is a romantic idea
- Connections
- Diary entry #12: the monster
- Training
- Sad girl sonnet #1
- Sad girl sonnet #2
- Sad girl sonnet #4
- People who don't understand mental illness
- And then finally
- Seasonal affective
- Diary entry #29: polarization
- After my stepfather leaves, my mother opens the windows
- Iconic makeover scene
- Diary entry #33: love song
- My therapist calls these patterns
- In Portland, it rains, the sun comes out, it hails, the sun comes out
- Another poem about nature, but really it's about me
- Sad girl sonnet #9
- Sad girl sonnet #10
- Sad girl sonnet #15
- I'm almost 30
- Diary entry #28: ars poetica
- Diary entry #3: study on the negative
- I am the patron saint
- Diary entry #10: I was nearly perfect once
- Are you there God? It's me, your mother
- Diary entry #31: attachment disorder
- The parable
- Fishing out the condom has me believing in God
- Monster is good at breakups
- Sad girl sonnet #18
- Sad girl sonnet #19
- Sad girl sonnet #25
- Diary entry #34: epigenetics
- Another poem about God, but really it's about me
- Diary entry #6: sestina
- My ex meets for coffee
- Blessing the baby
- Wanting
- Another poem about an ex, but really it's about me
- I haven't been on a plane since the world ended
- We never stop talking about our mothers
- After the first night alone, somewhere new
- Anniversary
- I buy my monster roses
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- About the author.