Tuesday, February 17, 2026

An Esoteriku by Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez

 

dark moon
smearing her athame
with menstrual  blood

~

Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez is a Venezuelan senryū poet, cursed poet, occasional haiku poet, outlaw poet, and a modern beat poet, but he is also a splatterpunkian short-story writer and a macabre poet (as "Vampirlibido"). He is one of the Shadow Pond Journal Issue VI Touchstone Award nominees by Katherine E. Winnick.

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