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The Dogs I Have Kissed

Known for her eponymous blog and her confessional style of writing, this is Trista Mateer's second collection of poetry. REVIEW: "The Dogs I Have Kissed is the kind of book you could read in one sitting and the kind of book you want to tuck underneath yo

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“Have you ever noticed how wanting burns you up from the inside out? Like one moment I am whole, but then I hear your voice on the phone and I swear to god three blocks away from here they can smell smoke.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Love Poem

“It is so easy to make monsters out of the people I have loved.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, monsters, Toxic Love, Poetry

“My hands are still shaking from nights spent not knowing how to want you.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: crushes, Attraction, Wanting People

“I was carving my name into your side and you were calling me soft, calling me gentle. I do not think you were paying attention.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Toxic Love, Poetry, Heartbreak

“Today I accidentally told someone that I love you.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, crushes, Secret

“And this wasn’t supposed to be a fucked up poem but it’s turning into a fucked up poem because I haven’t been able to cum in three years without thinking of his hips sliding into mine: like first base, like second base, like third base, like home.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Sex, Love And Sex, Poetry, Missing People

“Sometimes I want to apologize for wanting you out loud, like too many people know the reasons I am going to have laugh lines.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Apologies, Memories, crushes, Love

“She subscribes to the bible of mouth to mouth (and gin, and sweat). She makes me want to ransack my own temple.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Attraction, crushes, Hot, Poetry, Bible

“Sometimes I think I resented you so much it felt like love.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Breakups, Heartbreak, Love, Lost Love

“I will greet you with a mouth full of barbed wire until you learn to stop coming after me with your hands.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Toxic Love

“can we say goodbye again? i miss the way you rip me open.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Breaking Up, Breakups, Heartbreak, Goodbyes

“I have been told that girls always fall for men like their fathers, but I found it a hard concept to grasp when he was always gone and I grew up on radio static and blackberry preserves.”

— Trista Mateer, amazon.com

Tagged: Poetry, Fathers, Relationships, Father/Daughter, Abandonment