poetry

Nathan Faust is a writer from the Pacific Northwest. He graduated with his B.A. (2019) and M.A. (2023) in English (Creative emphasis) from Loyola Marymount University. His poetry primarily explores identity, unique relationships to love, and other things. Much of his work is based on sounds he likes.

a young man with heavy legs
Nathan Faust Nathan Faust

a young man with heavy legs

the dirt under my feet I feel it all
      I shouldn’t yet I do
this should be a memory but she isn’t I’m
running along the beach after my       
           brother
the brother I am now and raw...
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verona again
Nathan Faust Nathan Faust

verona again

I’ll feel happy about other things someday,

I know that. But, right now, I only feel happy

when you’re here. Not physically, necessarily,

you’ve never physically been here, but there

enough to respond when I say

“Hello?” and you say...

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space cowboy revisited
Nathan Faust Nathan Faust

space cowboy revisited

a short note arrives with the setting sun:
 
steel your soul, space cowboy.
 
they take comfort knowing that you 
alone know where the plants grow...
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Fischer Form (2024 - )

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