Since I released The Sun On My Palm, I have had several people ask me the story behind the poem, Kaintophobia Amongst the Arachnids. Here it is, for those with querying lips…
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New Chapbook: The Sun On My Palm
Just released! Kyle Richtig’s first chapbook in over a year and a half, The Sun On My Palm is available for free download.
Never Become a Household Name
Never become a household name
for if you do
you will lose yourself
to the pussy willows
of happenstance
memories personalized and
proportional.
Ripples Unimpeded
I yearn for words
that drip forth
from mouth to air in effect
of butterfly wings
rippling forth
omnidirectional
Balance Act
I’m balancing on a wire suspended between two bridges. Far below, the canopy of ocean with its welcoming embrace waits, choked with plastic and wasted expectations. Continue reading
Download ‘Empathetic Viscera’ Free
Kyle Richtig has released his 2013 chapbook Empathetic Viscera for free digital download!
Long Buried
New year spins
again.
Forgotten webs
of promises
dust the corners
and the high places
making old
a vision of once
all the promise
replaced by silence
in a lonely tomb.
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Top 10 Posts of 2015
Our readers’ favourite posts from 2015. An eclectic mix of posts that ranges from the serious to the absurd. Enjoy a trip back through the months of the Richtig Haus experience.
An honourable mention in the 11th spot goes to the Fictitious News post “Nick Jonas, Unintentional Serial Killer“.
Soon to Fly
He
The distant spring
And I
The thirsty traveller
Lips dried
From too much talking
A mirage?
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Devils and Angels
I’m taken to the absense of honour
Taking with me the shrouded truth
The sweltering of tongues spoken
In forums of devils and angels
Waging war with number 2 pencils
A poetics of diversity silenced
Decicively. Pompously. Violently.
