Unable to focus; multi-sensory overload becomes a strategy: layers of sound: ocean waves beneath Pink Floyd under Ms. Pacman eating dots while chasing ghosts because Tetris couldn’t stabilize you this time and tab after tab after tab remains open to another then another and without no end to exhausting … Continue reading
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Reading Life: Instructions for Reading One-Way Street by Walter Benjamin
1. You must read the book cover to cover. Do not skip the preface or introduction; allow yourself to soak up Marcus’ observations and Jennings history with Benjamin. 2. You do not have to read Benjamin’s text in order. I did. There is no damage in doing so, but give yourself the freedom to explore and … Continue reading
Art / Commentary / criticism / Imogen Cunningham / Photography / poetry / reading / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Writing
Body Talk: Poetic Space in Imogen Cunningham’s Triangles, 1928
A friend once told me there are three sides to every story. *** If three is a number of unity then why are the nocturnal arcs of her body far more connective to me than angles? Her body receives light with subtle gradations yet provides an unending Rothko depth. I too am soft, but not … Continue reading
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From the Archive: Spin Magazine, Volume One Number Nine, January 1986
SPIN Complete Covers Gallery. SPIN Magazine. Cover story #1: Debbie Harry Exclusive Interview Cover story #2: The 10th Anniversary of Punk Favorite advert #1: “Hot Bodies Need Hot Cassettes.” Copyright 1985 TDK Electronics Corp. In Flash edited by Scott Cohen and Glenn O’Brien: “Chuck Chill-Out and Red Alert sound like a new ground-meat dish and an … Continue reading
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On Kissing: A Brief Inquiry On a Cherished Diversion
What is a kiss? Is a kiss a mere peck on the cheek or lips, or the sensuous nature of parted mouths waiting to accept each others physical discourse? Perhaps a kiss is defined by the mouth touching any part of human skin, sheltering one spot with warmth and tenderness inducing excessive flutters in the … Continue reading
On Being Thirsty
It isn’t just the constant need to drink water, tepid or ice-cold, a sometimes quick swallow, the consecutive gulps to relieve the undeniable dryness calling out between layers of flesh, buried in countless cells. Even the vessel held at the temple or neck provides a sense of relief; the damping shock, or simple connection between … Continue reading
School’s Out Now What? Accepting Changes in Routine
My school year position is over until the fall. I have plans to work this summer, but every time I lose the structure of the school day it takes me a few days, sometimes a couple of weeks, to develop and accept a new routine. The day after school ended I had a great time reading … Continue reading
3 New Poems Published!
I have three new poems published by text magazine and you can view them in issue four. Start exploring the site here. You should take a look at them as well. It’s a great Canadian bimonthly poetry and art magazine, and they also look for flash fiction, photography, etc. They publish six times a year. I was … Continue reading
Indispensable Writerly Resources
Every writer has their favorite resources that they refer back to over and over again for assistance and/or inspiration for their writing. I have many of them, but currently two of my favorite texts is my long-standing copy of The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms, edited by Ron Padgett (2nd ed. 2000) and … Continue reading
In All Seriousness…
Earlier today I found myself thinking back to one of the most important things I have ever heard as a woman, a mother, and a writer. Two years ago the Worcester State University English Department and the Commonwealth Honors Program sponsored The March Hare Series-poetry events featuring well established, nationally recognized poets. Alan Michael Parker … Continue reading
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