Layered experiences distilled into stanzas left to be lived long as life, breath lasts. Endless lists, words rich and heavy, repeated “or”s, commas – little waves rising o’er me, but heard with my own voice, unintelligible, yet clear as sleep-sounds of an unconscious throat. To unlock the cipher – to inhale the air of understanding [...]
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Untitled
12 January, 2009
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Love: Part 4
19 August, 2008
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I started writing Part 4 in paragraph form, and this is how it ended up on the page. I guess sometimes we need to feel that some things we say are more (even if there are no real mechanical differences from run of the mill prose; apparently I still have some growing to do as [...]
Criticism
29 July, 2008
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She thinks of a numberAnd he proceeds to guess.“Shall I describe it to you?”“No no!” he exclaims,“That would onlyCompromise my judgment.” She watches from above.Does she laugh or frown,As he guesses a numberAnd, with the precisionOf a skilled sword swallower,Describes its significance?
