My___on Mondays

10th century poem attributed to Brigid of Kildare.   

Lakai Cahill, is an 18 year old aspiring photographer who strives to create thought provoking and inspiring art, sometimes just for fun, and sometimes for a reason. In his words: "Art doesn't have to be one thing or the other and that's what I love about it the most. Art is a universal language. And it is everywhere."

Dría de Dóchas is a trans-femme Latinx creative worker and interdisciplinary artist whose practice responds to imperial and colonial violence on the Earth and its inhabitants. A significant body of her work surrounds her alter ego and drag persona, the Dryad, and their existential journey as a queer embodiment of the Earth during the late stages of capitalism. Through the means and materials avail...

Zora Neale Hurston, 1891 - 1960.

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about recipes and dive bars, but the chatting turned to ranting. The ranting turned to rage. The rage turned to poetry, because everything is poetic. And since it’s the start of another year, one that feels a bit bleak, the poets dove into the dark arena of resolutions and revisions.    

William Cullen Bryant, 1794-1878.  

Margaret Widdemer, 1884 - 1978 Walter de la Mare, 1873 - 1956 Wallace Stevens, 1879 - 1955

Emily Bronte, 1818-1848.  

The Chimney Sweeper, by William Blake, 1757-1827. Climbing Boy, by Palankeen, from the album, VOGT, 2015.  

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about poetry, but the chatting turned to ranting. The ranting turned to humor, and maybe a bit of angst. The holiday pressure surfaced and they found themselves swallowed into the lights, the carols, the Scrooges, and gimmicks. Episode Nine brings their discussion on holidays, traditions, and sticking with our virtues. My Angst on Holiday Lit. No mat...

Jonathan Swift, 1667 -1745.  

Charlotte Mary Mew, 1869-1928.  

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about poetry, but the chatting turned to ranting. The ranting turned to rage. The political climate became the hole, the void, they found themselves in––like most poets in America today. Episode Eight brings their discussion on politics and poetry: My Angst on Politics. Now more than ever, create art.  

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1900 - 1944.

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about poetry, but the conversation turned. They found themselves invigorated, inspired, and mostly miffed at the world, the gods, the past, the future... In Episode Seven, they discuss angsty thoughts: My Angst with Literary Jerks. We want to know who qualifies as a jerk in the world of literary arts—fictional characters, real life writers, the over...

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about poetry, but the conversation turned. They found themselves invigorated, inspired, and mostly miffed at the world, the gods, the past, the future... In Episode Six they discuss new angsty thoughts: My Angst on Who Can Write About Who. We want to know where the line in the sand falls when it comes to writing about all things outside of yourself....

Joseph Thomas Sheridan LeFanu,1814 - 1873.  

Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman,1860 - 1935.  

Carl Sandburg 1878-1967.  

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about poetry, but the conversation turned, They found themselves invigorated, inspired, and mostly miffed and the world, the gods, the past, the future. In Episode Five they discuss angsty thoughts: My Angst with Book-to-Movie Adaptations. When done well, we love it. When dishonoring the entire point of the book, the art, the narrative arc. Well, we’...

Dawn on the Irish Coast, by John Locke, 1847-1889.  

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about poetry, but the conversation turned, They found themselves invigorated, inspired, and mostly miffed and the world, the gods, the past, the future. In Episode Four, they discuss angsty thoughts: My Angst on Gatekeeping in Publishing. We want to know, who holds the keys and how can a writer earn a backstage pass OR learn the secret handshake? Are...

Christy Claymore (she/her) is a writer, researcher, freelance editor, and former adjunct English professor. She is an emerging poet whose work has been included in the previous three anthologies published by The Cabin, as well as in "The Panorama Project," a pandemic arts segment underwritten by The Idaho Press Tribune and Surel's Place. Christy lives in Boise, Idaho where she loves supporting the...

Pangur Bán. Anonymous 9th century poem about a man and his cat.  

Sappho, c.620 - c.550 BCE.