Author Archives: Sean Monaghan

About Sean Monaghan

Writer. Voracious reader.

Senyru challenge

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Sean Monaghan

Normal: Shells crunch, starfish crawl I run, and ducks flutter off My hometown is the same Undead Shell burst tears bodies I run and duck past debris My hometown has changed

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Vamp

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Sean Monaghan

She came in Chartreuse fluffy boots, Licked the smile across Her face, then flicked her bangs, sashayed and sauntered strode and fluttered until she Licked some guys with Her fists Later in the Parking lot. With good Reason, given their … Continue reading →

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Psychotic’s Mountain Retreat – a pantoum

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Sean Monaghan

In fading light, bright corners darken. Silence replaces old echoes so I tread softly. Bright corners darken, the floorboards squeak. I tread softly. The mountain wind stirs and the floorboards squeak with bestial scraping. The mountain wind stirs and the … Continue reading →

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Televiddiction – fib

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Sean Monaghan

Our set top box broke down last night. Most horrific Three hours of my life. Up to now. ______ Sean Monaghan

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Verdigris, Ocular – Fibonacci poem

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Sean Monaghan

Her eyes, green drills, twist inside, hollow out my mind eviserate, and enthrall me __________ Sean Monaghan

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An Artist’s Repose – flash poem

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Sean Monaghan

Silver mirrors slice the ice-like eyes my lover hides behind as she draws in ink, a bloody river sluicing out my memories and breath like slicked oil painted in cerulean and cobalt tears with slivers from my limbic, a system … Continue reading →

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Banned User – Fibonacci Sequence Poem

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Sean Monaghan

Banned User Put His Lover’s Picture on flickr after she’d been butchered by his flicking knives ______________ Sean Monaghan

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Moments of Drown

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Sean Monaghan

Beneath a rippled sea I squeezed her, you see, tore her apart, lifted slitted pieces of her purple irised eyes, waved my own hands between shimmering crests, stroked back for shore, still sure, striking shouldered shoals, grasping, seeking leverage through … Continue reading →

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Catch the act – haiku

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Sean Monaghan

A carnival clown beat thirteen people to death. She’s never been caught ____________________ -Sean Monaghan

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In 2049 (7×7)

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Sean Monaghan

Scalding summer showers soak cities in nitric soup, a damp apocalyptic grace where my lover and I lie in tin sheds and detritus fulfilling our solemn role: we must rekindle the race __________________ Sean Monaghan

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