NEW! I am pleased to have another new poem appearing in MasticadoresUSA!

"Based on what? Based on who?
I don't believe in the same god as you.

I sometimes believe in poetry,
even if hardly anyone seems to care or understand
what I'm trying to share or why."

in my poem "Traditional Assumptions", which is newly appearing in MasticadoresUsa today

you can read more here - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/traditional-assumptions-by-juliet-cook/

NEW! Excited and delighted to have another new poem appearing in MasticadoresUSA - “Old Photo Booth Inside a Box Inside a Basement”!

"This sort of semi-insomnia
inside which you're half

asleep, but not entirely
and it's hard to differentiate

between dreams and reality. Who are you?
You don't know what to believe.

Is anything real?"

I am delighted to have a new poem, “Old Photo Booth Inside a Box Inside a Basement”, newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA today. You can read more of my poem HERE - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/old-photo-booth-inside-a-box-inside-a-basement-by-juliet-cook/

I hope your December has glimmers of real if you want it to, in whatever way you want it to.