Unmanned

A collection of poems that maps encounters between landscape, pop culture, and ritual, moving from coastal towns and rural backyards to suburban interiors and public spectacle. The pieces probe cultural appropriation, environmental erosion, and the mingling of myth with mass media, using vivid description, irony, and shifts of tone. Arranged in linked sections of word-maps, emblematic sketches, and domestic vignettes, the work juxtaposes religious symbols, commercial imagery, and private memory to consider identity, belonging, and the ways custom is repackaged and commodified.