all colors are pastel
& jellyfish float
in a violet sky
the radio plays Brian
Eno along with
the comforting symphony
of crickets
the mall has always
been dirt-free
the daily news
is a loop of fresh lavender
but there are no stars
& moon
no Kubrick
or Agatha Christie
in the hum of okay
fine thanks
you forget that you
are a flame who
can birth suns
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Tiffany Shaw-Diaz is a Pushcart Prize and Dwarf Stars Award nominee who also works as a professional visual artist. Her poetry has been featured in Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, Bones, NHK World Haiku Masters, The Mainichi, and nearly 100 other publications. Her chapbooks include: says the rose (Yavanika Press 2019), filth (Proletaria 2020), and tyranny of the familiar (Yavanika Press 2020). You can find her on Instagram and Twitter via @tiffanyshawdiaz or through her website: www.tiffanyshawdiaz.com.
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image: Amee Nassrene Broumand
Rejection Letters 