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A Cascade of Platitudes

A collection of blitz poems exploring heartbreak

In this poetry collection, Jarred Corona uses the blitz form to examine and dissect the words we’re always gifted when our hearts are in the midst of breaking. Is it possible to sing while drowning? How do you become the singer, not the lyre?


Let us learn again to rest.


Repetition is the suit death wears on Wednesdays at the bar

Repetition is how you take it to heart

Repetition is what traps Orpheus to the same song

Repetition is the motif that grounds the audience

Repetition is how you forget to compose

Repetition is what salves the burn


Return to the lyre in search of a new coda

Return to the arms of the man who leaves

Return to an argument you imagined

Return to yourself


Cycle through your breathing

Cycle back to the same advice


Stand beneath the falls

of the cascade of platitudes,

throw back your weary, shattered head,

and drink.


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