Somewhere, Nowhere

between then & now

a new series? we'll see.

Aug 30 • 

Carlotta Shaw

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July 2025

six words per line

Another day, waking up to a scorching-hot morning; sticky, damp skin - thick, water-drop-heavy air. Recollections of summers with my Dad, something…

Jul 28 • 

Carlotta Shaw

2

Somewhere, Nowhere's Bibles - Part I

In recent months, I’ve had an abundance of time on my hands to reevaluate my personhood; my values, morals, passions… Suffice it to say that the thing…

Jul 23 • 

Carlotta Shaw

2

Somewhere, Nowhere's Ten Commandments

reap and ye shall sow

Jul 1 • 

Carlotta Shaw

3

2

June 2025

Circle Inn, circa 2022

Run-down dive bar bathroom, I've been awake 15 hours and aim to add 9 more.

Jun 9 • 

Carlotta Shaw

2

May 2025

For T.

Time-travelled to the mossy green tree stumps of my childhood yesterday, when crunchy leaves, shallow creeks and brisk silence were enough.

May 9 • 

Carlotta Shaw

5

April 2025

hey, you

Why do you feel so inevitable?

Apr 24 • 

Carlotta Shaw

re: three years postmortem

(an examination)

Apr 9 • 

Carlotta Shaw

4

2

for the ones I've lost.

Is the angel standing over me the same one that stood over you?

Apr 7 • 

Carlotta Shaw

2

January 2025

good riddance

I guess it’s time to admit that I still ponder where you are; how you’re doing, if you finally decided to live for yourself, if you ever stop to…

Jan 16 • 

Carlotta Shaw

3

December 2024

My love affair with Charles Baudelaire

mon cœur mis à nu

Dec 31, 2024 • 

Carlotta Shaw

1

'Now I lay me down to sleep...'

‘Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, and if I die before I ‘wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.’ Sometime in childhood, I…

Dec 24, 2024 • 

Carlotta Shaw

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