That's a very interesting interview, Nin. Particularly the ending. Mental suffering and emotional darkness, though -- one is saddened by the knowledge that these things know no particular time nor gender. We all of us come in and go out more or less similarly. The middle parts, maybe more differentiation. Than toward the end, more in common again (alas).
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Today begins my first non-working/non-traveling weekend since October, and
I am enormously pleased to be sitting by the fire with a cup of steaming
coffe...
Joseph Green
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(excerpt)
Sunlight,
filtering through bare trees,
stains the bird a dark blue
that slips to black
like secret ink and makes sense
only as his fea...
2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 22
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For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets write a poem a day in
the month of November. Day 22 is to write a memory poem.
The post 2025 November...
Soaped Poles
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… “You have made racecourses of the cathedrals of the earth.” This is from
Falling by Garrett Soden (2003): … The fall stretched to hideous new
dimensions ...
Justice in Hell
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Epstein’s “Lolitta Express” airliner carried male and female sex slave
minors. Pubescent girls and boys to be used as wealthy perverts’ toys. The
other pas...
Stay away from the pool
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My mother & I were visiting a friend of hers who was living in an apartment
complex that I regarded at the time as positively palatial, what for the
commun...
In Memory of Ed Ochester, Poet & Editor, RIP
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We have asked Ed Ochester (above) to edit our Sunday poetry pages for the
next few months. Here is one of Ed's poems: March of the Penguins The
editor of N...
“In spite of all the learned have said ...”
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Philip Freneau
Philip Freneau (1752-1852) was a journalist and poet in the early years our
country was forming. And, oh, by the way, I once wrote an under...
Balance is important in design
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ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis Theme natoque penatibus et
magnis dis ...
Proof of Life
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Um, hello? Is this thing on?
I am writing from the Central Time Zone, as we have officially moved to
Oxford, Mississippi for the academic year! And I have ...
Lana K. W. Austin
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Lana K. W. Austin’s poems, short stories, and reviews have recently been
featured in *Mid-AmericanReview, Sou’wester, Columbia Journal, Zone 3,
Appalachia...
The translucent veil of life
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Haha, so the truth comes out. Having 2 children is A LOT more work than 1!
I haven't been able to get out of the rocking chair more than a few
moment...
On the move
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*Gal about town, photo by Bob Perkoski*
Dear readership,
Your humble hostess has been doing a whole lot of what is depicted in
today's photo: walking aro...
Strawberry Month
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The strawberry sweets at Lagusta's Luscious this month are insane! I
missed out last year and decided that this year I would take full
advantage.
I luck...
AWP in Minneapolis, and recommended reading
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Again I've been away from this blog longer than I'd intended. Much busy
with writing, and reading, and life in general.
I'll be attending the annual AWP co...
Remixing the World's Problems Results
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The one thing about judging poetry is that it often takes me much longer
than I expect. For everyone who has waited so patiently for me to get these
result...
In a Landscape - The Playlist
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John Cage, “In a Landscape”
Bob Dylan, “My Back Pages”
Neil Young, “Ambulance Blues”
The Twilight Zone Theme
Babylon 5 Theme
Simon & Garfunkel, “Richard Co...
1 comment:
That's a very interesting interview, Nin. Particularly the ending. Mental suffering and emotional darkness, though -- one is saddened by the knowledge that these things know no particular time nor gender. We all of us come in and go out more or less similarly. The middle parts, maybe more differentiation. Than toward the end, more in common again (alas).
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