“Simplicity provides a fine line between elegance and plainness.” - Sanaa Lathan as Sydney Shaw in “Brown Sugar”
(2002) Dir. Rick Famuyiwa
We believe in the power of ordinary language as proof of the indescribable. We think poems are the sounds by which we stake a claim to existence. They remove the barriers between what is experienced and what is voiced, between the known and mystifying.
At Digable Poetry, we believe in giving you words that aren’t always easily digestible, but never too far from reach to be accessible.
Excerpts from Selected Work:
“… the world is ending if the rich have their way
which is to say they’ve got plans to be on Mars
once the world dies, so let’s live a little together.”
- From “I Write Love Poems Too”
(Moist Poetry Journal, 2025)
“… the flavor of Kikkoman
that can be sensed without
the presence of sodium
When grandmother died
I tipped a bottle of soy sauce
over in the backyard
watched the deep brown
nearly black liquid separate
grass stems as it inched ever
closer to her cabbages
I read somewhere that
plants can taste certain flavors
in the soil
with their roots
all I have to offer them is this
umami from my mean ass
dead grandma”
- From “Kikunae Ikeda”
(Last Leaves Magazine, 2025)
"...when we /i/ you get to heaven
i hope the roses smell like God’s hair &
grandma’s house on Sunday afternoon &
a gathering of all my homies doing well &
people not having to go without food &
mothers not having to bury children &
children going to school without dying &
real ass roses. "- From “Fear II”
(Arcturus, 2026)