Rose Knapp

 

Stillness 

Droplets of ultramarine pearl levitate 
Hovering above my eyes like a spacecraft 
Whispering alien melodic silk verses

 

 

 

 

Bourdain 

One man who has taught the world 
So much about itself
Connected the world in infinite ways 

 

 

 

 

Saint Anthony

Postmodern Anthony, everyone’s rockstar
A writer exploring the unknown 

If someone who’s seen nearly everything 
In the world, chooses suicide 

It should not a sin stigmatizing it further

 

 

 

 

Sick Muse

The broker whispers money is a sick muse
Cupid pull your little arrows out and let me live my life
We fuck knowing sick muses are beautiful 

 

 

 

 

Amethyst Rays

Blaze through the stratosphere, ricocheting
Streaking down to this orb we call earth
This beatific orb of lithium, lava, and lilacs

 

 

 

 

Genocide Dream

Bizarre contorted catatonic black bodies
Twisted into geometrical patterns
Frozen in ice, being put into crematoriums

 

 

 

 

Rose Knapp (she/they) is an experimental poet and producer. She has publications in Lotus-Eater, BlazeVOX, Maudlin House, Fence, Berfrois, and others. She has poetry collections published with Beir Bua Press, Hesterglock Press, and Dostoyevsky Wannabe. She lives in Minneapolis. Find her at roseknapp.net and on Twitter @Rose_Siyaniye