warning: too fragile. please handle with care.

Knowing what is happening there is also happening here © Z. T. Corley, 2026 Cover: Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq, Dinner Table with Embroidered Cloth, 1974, oil on board, 170 x 120 cm

let me. let me begin. let me begin again.

careful what you wish for! (poetry, 2024)

Some light-hearted Poems to make you smile. Poetry at it's quirkiest!

~ are these the last ones / or the ones that'll last? ~

a little humming, a little human

FOR - a collection tracing the weight of giving, where words linger on what surrounds me. these poems speak for moments, for muses that exist within and beyond me, shaping stories i've yet to claim as my own. ! cover art design from pinterest. credits to the owner.

I wrote these comments and other random thoughts on Wattpad and elsewhere on the web. I think we as poets have all lost a bit of our soul with the passing of our friend @Lisaner and we are just a bit more mortal and reflective, may we always hold the poet's word as a living thing. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smith

a blend of glorious and grotesque. a collection of poetry. a surge of madness. There are ten poems following the MC's struggle with aching, desire, and a constant hunger for love.