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  • Other Re: If you're talking to the moon

    You lost me at “leopard-spots”. I was relishing in the airy skim over your first few lines- candid and trenchant and absurd in a way that made me dimple, when ...

    Aug 20, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Thoughts of a Call-Girl

    My very first impression was simply: “This is Not How a Call Girl Feels”. How could you possibly know? How could you ever hope to portray genuine insight from one ...

    Jun 12, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Bear, Swan, 1984

    My first impression was simply: “Even though I did not like it, it was still an exemplary piece of writing.” Challenging prose is often unsympathetic to popular opinion, which is ...

    Jun 9, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Mislaid

    Really Old Mislaid The first that fled Fled with poise As it always did Floating serenely Out of my house Scarcely uttering a noise Believing not That it was dead ...

    May 24, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: A Pillar of Salt

    I am deeply fascinated by the personal vignette- a finite, transient moment in time compressed and then sustained for an audience. A moment or collection of moments that are individually ...

    May 24, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Skipping Sunday

    Shut up Seraphim No one cares What you have to say On a rush On a rage On a whim Take a snooze and stay that way Your tongue forks ...

    May 20, 2011


If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?
— Joyce Carol Oates