Thursday, 18 December 2025

Five Poems by Lilith Connor

 






conflagration  

the only thing in the world i’ve ever loved is violence. 

 

 

conflagration ii 

the only thing in the world that’s ever loved me is violence.

  

 

self-hatred i 

“Picture the stars,” she says, “looking brighter at night. 

Sometimes you need to manufacture pain, just to feel 

pleasure.


 

 

self-hatred ii 

Some people dream of love, 

I dream of violence.


 

 

products! 

Power! Swiped on 

For money, money. 

The golden sea, 

Of honey, honey.




Lilith Connor “I suppose the major love of my life has always been art, but I define the term loosely. Art is creativity, art is expression and dance, art is people. So I spend my life trying to understand people, whether that be through culture, through creating, or through psychology."

 

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