My Own
I don’t like being seen
digging in to the ground.
I don’t like being spied on
while cutting things down
into smaller pieces of me.
I do most of my work inside
my own mind. My own space
with windows shut, doors locked.
Instead of writing a book review,
I write another review of my own
pair of socks. What makes someone else
a perfect judge of my legs? I’m my own
tiny branch in a series of broken
poetry books that I made myself.
My author photo is my own pair of socks.
Juliet Cook doesn’t fit inside an Easy-Bake Oven and rarely cooks. Her poetry has appeared in a peculiar multitude of literary publications. She is the author of numerous poetry chapbooks, most recently including “red flames burning out” (Grey Book Press, 2023), “Contorted Doom Conveyor” (Gutter Snob Books, 2023), “Your Mouth is Moving Backwards” (Ethel Zine & Micro Press, 2023), “REVOLTING” (Cul-de-sac of Blood, 2024), and “Blue Stingers Instead of Wings” (Pure Sleeze Press, late April 2025). Her most recent full-length poetry book, “Malformed Confetti” was published by Crisis Chronicles Press. You can find out more at https://julietcook.weebly.
