Jessie Lynn McMainsMad As Birds, What Makes Us. Love.Oh, love, oh, girls. What makes us what we are. What changes us and when and how does the transformation take place? I can say that these…Mar 29, 2021Mar 29, 2021
Jessie Lynn McMainsSparrow, Just BarelySo a boy finds a sparrow. So he bends down to look at her tiny tufted body prone on the pavement. So he thinks she’s dead, so he nudges her…Mar 19, 2021Mar 19, 2021
Jessie Lynn McMainsMy only weakness is — well nevermind, nevermind. (New Wave cento)The traffic is waiting. Outside, we’re walking through town. We walk like a ghost, keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat…Mar 19, 2021Mar 19, 2021
Jessie Lynn McMainsHow To Write A Poem1. Most poems come from brilliancy. Hang your brilliancy upside down from a gambrel on a meat pole to skin it.Mar 3, 2021Mar 3, 2021
Jessie Lynn McMainsCento for Still Being in Love After All These YearsDearest husband,Feb 14, 2021Feb 14, 2021
Jessie Lynn McMainsAre You Leaving for the Country?It came on a tape from a faraway friend.May 19, 2019May 19, 2019
Jessie Lynn McMainsinMemoir MixtapesWhiskey in the Jarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu5voeIiNxMMay 8, 2019May 8, 2019
Jessie Lynn McMainsScary Stories for Daring Girls to Tell in the DarkSo there’s this girl. Well, woman — young but not barely-legal, not jailbait — getting ready for a girl’s night out with her besties. She…Jan 2, 2019Jan 2, 2019