Marie in Translation

In Comparison

Osaka

A somber, bittersweet short story 

Soft Star Magazine Issue II: Aurora

Little Star

Meteorites,
Ever gladdened; cratering-
Our world to pieces.
Ash settles, scarring appears,
Dotting all extremities.

Boats Against the Current

lune

Tribunal, An Afternoon & Pumpkin

Excerpt:

"Not considering consoling me on the sofa, you sit shaken, slumped at your desk. 
Cradling your head, mumbling, informing me that my math’s more than accurate.
Tear-blotted throw pillows smeared"

Erato Magazine Issue II: Sacrifice (p.11)

Gravity

Excerpt:

Collect it; all the letters, papier mache gifts-
I wasn’t much for portraits, so none of those

Blazing effects caramelize then curl ebony,
Like ewe wool; as my tangled hair would

LimeLight Review: Autumn Odes (p. 8)

Bon Bonfire

Excerpt:

"A pansy for my restless night, a welcoming illusion of sight-
I watch from our bedroom window as you lay beneath the cypress tree.
Past fretful and weary small hours, I chant the promises you gave me"

Floriography #2: Abstractions.

Mourning Fellows Et Friends

Lint upon noir
Blanched pilings drift down to earth
A cold quilt of snow


Livina Press Fall 2022 issue.

Wrapped Tight

Ruined hopes on buttered toast. 
“No homemade jam this year.
Maybe there’ll be next summer.”
He claims, “We’ll make our own bread.”
Full bellied, my sweet dreams unsatisfied.

the levatio #2: Ghibli Museum.

Strawberry Jam

New Lovers

Young dreamers holler
Fearing the possibility
Stars burst without wails
Amongst these blackened depths come
Galaxies birthed from tear falls

Tanka featured in Bubble #1.

New Lovers

You and the End of Summer

Candy floss pledges
Childlike endless devotion
July’s sticky heat
Deludes friends’ common senses
Ever sweethearts- til August

orangepeel: Collage of Us pt.2 (p.13)

You and the End of Summer & Looking After

for the Mycophagi a.k.a. the mushroom people

From harvested forest plumage
Fleeing their foraged fungal kingdom
In a genesis’ damp scent
Patters of diminutives masked in cold steam
Spiriting afar- they run free

Amphora #2: Our Own Mythologies.

The Mycophagi

Tangerines

Trickling streams wash
Underneath clementine trees
Hazy, orange days
Tilt into plum sugared dusks
And lunes mapping moon phases


TMP Magazine #2: Campfire Stories (p. 32 & 43)

Tangerines, Star Shower & At Ease

The scent of a cool citrus breeze
A dollop of SPF 100 sunscreen
Spilled pop- Verdelli
Mixed with some saltish water- 
From the Tyrrhenian sea

Moon Cola #2: Spring Break (p. 29)

Ariane Lauren

Selected work