The Garbage Poems #AbsoluteDC countless murders stain the Dark

countless murders stain the Dark Knight’s hands

" "Cold-Hearted" and "Best Served Cold"

But can anything prepare Kamala for a team-up with Venom

the villagers bring to life a giant monster to battle for their freedom and future

It is a stream of ever-mutating

The Garbage Poems #AbsoluteDC countless murders stain the DarkFINALIST FOR THE LAMDBA LITERARY AWARD FOR BISEXUAL POETRY LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 BMO WINTERSET AWARD Poems that repurpose the language of beer cans and fast food wrappers to explore everything from chronic illness to climate crisis to the joy of wild swimming. Created entirely out of words found on trash collected at local swimming holes, Anna Swansons garbage poems reclaim hyperbolic corporate marketing speak for the expression of physical