Harper Lewis

Joined July 2025

174 stories

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I'm a subversive weirdo nerd witch who loves rocks. Intrusive rhyme bothers me. Some of my fiction may have provoked divorce proceedings in another state.😈

My words are mine. Suggest ai use and get eviscerated.

MA English literature, CofC

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Sideways Sabotage
Ever get a compliment that’s all surface, hiding an insult disguised on purpose? Ever get the sensation of being conned and played
By Harper Lewis3 days ago in Poets
Kindness
I’ve noticed a common trait among the passive aggressive (aside from the glaringly obvious ones): when called out, they without exception refer to the failed sideways attack as evidence of their “kindness.” I can’t count on an abacus how many times I’ve experienced this, and, frankly, I’m fed up.
By Harper Lewis4 days ago in Critique
Rose
Oh, Romeo, don’t you know? By any other name, the thorn feels the scorn, carries the blame. When the lamb is born of blood and shame,
By Harper Lewis4 days ago in Poets
Goddess in Disguise
Please gather together with me, join me at my writing table, wherever I may fashion it. Clever Calliope and sage Clio, bring your skill and veracity to my words,
By Harper Lewis4 days ago in Fiction
Clearing
bank of clouds wind-drifts low-pressure storm dissipates the sky breathes again
By Harper Lewis6 days ago in Poets
Before Leaving
oak branches naked gracefully stretching their limbs unfettered by leaves
By Harper Lewis6 days ago in Poets
Mess
closet bar collapse textiles in a jumbled mess hangers in tangles
By Harper Lewis6 days ago in Poets
Catastrophe
I hate this damn cat feral beast disguised as gift from a narcissist
By Harper Lewis6 days ago in Poets
Yellow
forsythia blooms cascading saffron butter harbinger of spring
By Harper Lewis6 days ago in Poets
Backward Expansion
back on the highway road unfurling before me eyes in the rearview
By Harper Lewis6 days ago in Poets
Initiation. Content Warning.
*note: This is an unfinished draft of a story I’m working on for The Rule Everyone Knows. Just doing a temperature check for characterization. I’m going to keep it here until I complete the draft and finish editing it. Do not be gentle if something isn’t working.
By Harper Lewis7 days ago in Critique
When Lavender Last in the Landfill Grew
Daughter is the cruelest role, crucifying mother on either side of the solstice, breeding half-truths and lies into destabilizing psychological space.
By Harper Lewis8 days ago in Poets