wlw, surrealism Missy Matchstick wlw, surrealism Missy Matchstick

Badwater Orchids

Death Valley freezes, orchids hang from a sky that refuses to explain them, and the basin begins to learn color. A surreal love poem about trust, severity, and the brief impossible grace of being kept in a place built for exposure.

Read More
wlw, surrealism Missy Matchstick wlw, surrealism Missy Matchstick

Mouth Full of Seeds

In a house made for spectacle, pomegranates split open among the velvet seats and balconies, and two women step into the lushness of what remains. A decadent erotic poem about appetite, witness, and the red-stained intimacy of being touched like you are worth hunger.

Read More
wlw, surrealism Missy Matchstick wlw, surrealism Missy Matchstick

Low Gravity Roses

Set inside a greenhouse on the moon, this poem imagines a lush pocket of tenderness held against lunar light and distance. A romantic dreamscape of roses, peach trees, moonlight, and the quiet persistence of everything continuing to bloom.

Read More
wlw, surrealism Missy Matchstick wlw, surrealism Missy Matchstick

Stars Coming Loose

A desert pool holds a second sky, and two bodies drift into its altered light. Set in chlorine blue and motel pink, this poem moves through the surreal hush where wanting turns strange enough to feel sacred.

Read More