Esmé James
5:38 on the Balcony
Published by Rabelais, August 2020 turmeric staining the air breathing in notes of garlic Paul Kelly’s voice enticing me inside I let him...
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Esmé James
Aug 14, 20201 min read
Sunday
Published in edition four of Lot's Wife, August 2020 I am used to love like a storm — conquering, all-consuming — but yours is a Sunday...
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Esmé James
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Consummation
Published in Lot's Wife, June 2020 I will hold you down and carve letters into your skin branding you with my poetry watching its meaning...
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Esmé James
Mar 1, 20202 min read
The Ashes
Published in Rabelais, March 2020 The air is murderous. Stay indoors with windows closed. Keep activity levels as low as possible. Four...
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Esmé James
Oct 29, 20191 min read
Pearl
Publish in Judy's Punch, 2019 anthology I kissed a scale made of glass and it left the taste of mermaids on my lips I licked it up let...
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Esmé James
Oct 29, 20196 min read
Venus in Chains: The Enslaved Dominatrix of the Nineteenth Century
**Content warning: sex, BDSM** The long boots, the latex cat suit, the leather whip; she’s a familiar figure to us all. For many, the...
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Esmé James
Sep 6, 20191 min read
autumn
Published in Lot's Wife, September 2019 we are the world falling away frozen in a state of flux waiting for the next moment to blow us...
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Esmé James
Sep 6, 20191 min read
winter
published by Lot's Wife, September 2019 there is snow at your fingertips meeting my skin stilling silences I beat there with you the...
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Esmé James
Nov 14, 20171 min read
The Awakening
Published by CleanReads, November 2017 "The hauntings of Howell-Crest drive began two years ago. Since then, there has been an influx of...
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Esmé James
Apr 15, 20151 min read
Honeyflower and Pansy
Published by CleanReads, April 2015 "With hopes of educating Sage, who has autism, Amanda Daryl’s family find themselves living in a town...
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