Two Poems by
Rose Knapp
Negronis Apéritif Appliqué
Serrated silver
Luna scepters blood
Crimson red orange
Campari sweet
Vermouth gin old
Fashioned glassware
Silk slices citrus
Hermès Hermesmeretic
Blossoms bliss
Bittersweet
Selene silence
Pythia Plath Paths
O Herr Doktor
O Herr Lucifer
O Herr hatred
O Self shelves
O hare harem Alice glassware
O hare seraphshethey HHaus
Patriotic patriarchal
Idols en masse God
Prayers to eliminate meine
Strong sex drives &
Unholy unnecessary Urges
I desire to be as Androgynous
Holiest saints & Archangels are:
Genderless, sexless, without desires
Beyond the binary, Femme, yet infinitely
Beyond—All too Human concepts of
Divinities ineffable Gender & sexualities
Rose Knapp is an experimental poet and sound artist. She is trans, nonbinary, queer, and neurodivergent. Her poetry collections are self-published on Lulu.com. She also has poetry collections with Hesterglock Press. Her poems appear in Fence, E·ratio, BlazeVOX, Maintenant, Var(2x), IceFloe, and elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis. Find her at roseknapp.weebly.com, on Bluesky @roseknapp.bsky.social, and on Instagram @roseknapp_.