Dark Exotica — the exquisite mess of life, where the sacred and the profane keep the same hours.
I learned to pray the way
one learns to smoke —
badly, and then perfectly.
FROM “SONGS OF GOD AND PLEASURE”
Romanian poet. Two collections. Writing from Bali.
Books
Songs of God and Pleasure
POETRY · 2020
The exploration of a woman's internal universe within a universe abandoned by God.
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Cheap Hotel Philosophy
POETRY · 2022
An exercise in making the incoherent coherent through rhyme.
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Dark Exotica
A newsletter of new poems and writing from the he(art) of darkness. Sent when there is something worth sending.
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Previously published in
Fragmented Magazine (New York)
“On The Outside”
POETRY
Modern Women Bali
“The Bule's Guide to Bali”
ESSAY
I Unapologetically Love You
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POETRY