"meet me under the celestial croissant” by Irina Vérène

meet me under the celestial croissantwith its ridged crispy doughand cream-colored insidesdreamy cratersperfect for scooping up spacelike blueberry jamedible stardustspeckled throughoutfind mewhere silver cutlery lightinvites to devourreflected in your eyesuntil the buttermilk orange juice skiesoffer milky way breakfastunder the egg yolk sunlightagain- Irina Vérène More from Irina Vérène ↓@queen_of_gore on Instagram@queenofgore on Substack Mentioned in this episode:Write After with One Poem OnlyWrite After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice. If you want to join: Listen to a poem from the month of April on One Poem Only, then write your own in response. I will pick one for each day to read in June for a special series: One Poem After 🍎🍏 Submissions close May 15.Write After Submissions Form