firecracker pop floatie"firecracker pop floatie, how much air?
how much air to hold me,
to carry me across the river
where sugar-dusted daylight
pored through my sleeping eyes,
icing my rods and filling my cones
with a double scoop of sky"
poetry
Joseph Lezza
Joseph Lezza is a writer in New York, NY. His debut memoir in essays, "I'm Never Fine," is due out February 2023 from Vine Leaves Press. When he’s not writing, he spends his time worrying about why he’s not writing.
NJ, NJ, United States
Selected work (18 publications)
5 Stops on the Road to Ruin"The George Frederic is located on a small side street called Fishamble which no Dublin local has apparently ever heard of. Ever. I mean no one. Don’t even bother asking. You’ll have better luck finding out how to locate the lost city of Brigadoon."
Essay
Travel writing
creative nonfiction
lyric
personal essay
BA-JA Moment"When something awful happens
-I mean, truly devastating -
assumptions are made.
Lines are drawn in
the wet, wet sand
and you’re forced to pick a side.
People ask if you still believe
in God, when your Holy
Spirit is Diablo Sauce."
poetry
I Wash the ChapStick"A plan is formed:/
a stick in every location,/
a stick for every occasion./
One stick, two stick,/
lost stick, new stick."
poetry