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Afton Light
Mar 16, 20241 min read
Svinen Har Smitit
Poem in Swedish
Afton Light
Jul 17, 20221 min read
A Wrench
A poem to reflect on change. As it stands, how it was, and how it's going.
Afton Light
Jun 20, 20221 min read
A May Serenade
A poem on winter, spring, and mental health.
Afton Light
May 13, 20221 min read
Wet Paint
Home; a tricky concept - same as transformation, enshrouded in self-doubt.
Afton Light
Apr 30, 20221 min read
Dawn Breaks Everything Around Me
A poem rejected by a few magazines that I instead decided to share directly (as I quite enjoyed writing it). I hope you do too.
Afton Light
Apr 22, 20221 min read
On Binge Living
A poem on tragedy and of living where it hurts and bends and grinds
Afton Light
Apr 13, 20222 min read
Sven Gunnar Erling Nyberg
An appreciation and remembrance of a man, and a poem in Swedish.
Afton Light
Mar 16, 20221 min read
Dionytical Dreams/Osirian Sleep
Dionysus/Osiris; same god? Can we escape what we are? Can we be someone else?
Afton Light
Feb 1, 20221 min read
Alleyways and Cedar Fences
A poem. A meditation on current states, the future, choices, and drinking.
Afton Light
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Sand Creek
Sand Creek, a place that should haunt our memories and history more than it does.
Afton Light
Nov 14, 20211 min read
(Interrupted) Poem About Missing An Old Friend
A poem for a friend I lost somewhere along the way
Afton Light
Nov 7, 20212 min read
On Men and Bonfires and Scum
A poem about fire and the concept of living with yourself.
Afton Light
Oct 30, 20211 min read
Benny Was a Friend of Mine
A poem about a bar, its patrons, and the fear of living
Afton Light
Oct 13, 20212 min read
Places to Die in America 2019/20/21
A poem. Dystopia. America. Death due to lack of service.
Afton Light
Apr 10, 20211 min read
Psalm 797 - A Translation by Afton Light
A first; a poem translated from Swedish into English.
Afton Light
Mar 20, 20211 min read
Back from Broken
Poetic ramblings about cathedrals, funeral bells, self-worth, and shame (as usual).
Afton Light
Oct 23, 20201 min read
I'm getting published!!
Friends, your boy Afton Light, will have one of his poems published by High Shelf Press, Issue XXIV.
Afton Light
Sep 28, 20201 min read
On Taxes - A Poem by Afton Light
A short poem about taxes
Afton Light
Aug 20, 20201 min read
On the Drunken Gnats of New York City
There is a gnat in my brandy.
Drunk as spunk, enjoying
the fruits of fermentation, and
I don’t normally drink brandy.
Afton Light
Aug 14, 20201 min read
On Ambition
A poem that begins: "I am lord of nothing / at thirty two"
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