Snail House Literary

This month on Snail House we have two new poems by C. Cherry and Demir!

April 2026

The Paintress

By C. Cherry

In the Era of Modern Art

There was a paintress

A pencil sketch with a tear stain 

An oil painting with a smudge, a big, red “X”

A trashbin with messy, rolled up paper no longer contained

In this studio, colored  pencils are strewn everywhere

There has been cries of joy and frustration

But she will keep going on this long journey

One day organized, other day cluttered

Such is the way to the painter’s dreams

Working at School

By Demir

Working at school

Writing down words

Not understanding why

This pesky vocab

Puts a pain in my thigh

I try to get over it 

And time goes by

I’m sweating all over

Trying to hold it together

But all this work 

Is more than an office clerk’s

But then I look at the clock 

Struck by a shock

School is over!