Aaron Belz

Aaron Belz

Aaron Belz has published four poetry collections—Soft Launch (2019), Glitter Bomb (2014), Lovely, Raspberry (2010), and The Bird Hoverer (2007)—and holds a Master’s in Creative Writing from NYU and a

kinderflauten

My feet, at the ends of my legs, do their job. My face competently presents itself to others. My hands do their job of grasping fruit from my neighbor’s grove while my

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Modernist poets had typewriters and smoke-filled coffee shops. Their observations, however quotidian, sparkled on the page. Their schools and movements existed in relative secrecy. Myths surrounded them. Nowadays, coffee shops are smoke-free, and

A Little Lightning

You think there’s more to this. Look: When I look I see skeletons walking around. I see ghosts of mammals gallivanting with iPhones in and out of bookshops, yesteryear’s biplanes spiraling