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What's on the agenda today?

From “Some Melodious Plot” by Anthony Borruso

From "Some Melodious Plot" by Anthony BorrusoOf course, the pigeons adaptedto an ubran space—they're party birdswith smokey plumage, and they growpeckish unless they're bobbingbeat to Milli Vanilli or wavingglow sticks around the Sabrett stand. There…

From Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine

From Just Us: An American Conversationby Claudia RankineWhite is living within brick-and-mortar, walking offall others' loss, exhaustion, aggrievedexposure, dispossessed despair—in daylight white hardens its features. My favorite Claudia…

From “A Grief Reminder” by Edward Vidaurre

From "A Grief Reminder" by Edward VidaurrePoetry is written with broken wrists and is recited by the windon our facesNext time you see me after I've gone, I'll smile at youfrom a photograph that's stuck to an album I met Edward Vidaurre several years back…

From “A Trick to Remember the Strings” by Anthony Alessandrini

From "A Trick to Remember the Strings"for Lubna Alyaanby Anthony AlessandriniOn a quiet day in Gaza,a determined young girl:I love the violinpassionately, and I wantto become one of the world'stop violinists. That'smy dream. There was…

From “If I were a white woman” by Shantasha Naomi Laing

From "If I were a white woman"by Shantasha Naomi LaingIf I were a white woman,I'd float by on mediocracy.I'd take subpar humorAnd rise the ranks of comedienne.Or maybe my girl next door lookswould land me high-paid commercial gigs.Better yet,…

National Poetry Month 2026

Tomorrow is the first day of National Poetry Month, y'all! I wasn't sure if I would be able to keep up with my daily posts (these things are usually made in advance, but with class, personal life things, and work schedule changes, my time was limited). However, I hustled…

Poetry Break: If I Could Tell You by W.H. Auden

I haven’t worked on my poetry month posts. I’m not even sure if I have time to make new ones. What if I don’t do this year? I normally share a poem a day, but what if I dedicate the space to poetry collections or poets instead? I don’t know. Here’s a…

Just An Update

Photo by Min An School has been kicking my ass. I don’t remember this much reading as an undergrad, which makes sense. It has been almost twenty years since I graduated college. I’m taking a creative nonfiction workshop. Aside from our own personal essays (two), we also short pieces…

In the detention episode of Dawson's Creek, Mrs. Tringle dumps a whole bunch cards from the library card catalog onto the floor for Dawson & company to sort them.

How many teenagers these days would understand the importance of those cards?

When did we stop calling them junior high schools? When did we make the switch to middle school? And why?

I need to know. I'm old.

Claimed by My Best Friend’s Dad by Candy Quinn

I don’t usually gravitate toward these stories, but I do love settling in a chair and reading some smug—especially when it’s a freebie from Book Funnel. So, when I was offered Candy Quinn’s Claimed by my Best Friend’s Dad: A Fertile First Time, I…

Two Books by Delilah Cole

Photo by Susan Flores from Pexels I've never been able to get into age play. The idea of someone calling me “daddy” in a sexual manner makes my stomach turn. Years ago, I met a woman online who—without realizing it—would slip into her “little space” during our…

In Which We Say Goodbye

The year somehow dragged and sped passed us. I don’t know how else to explain the news cycle of absolute chaos. The fact that the farce of the Trump administration has dismantled the progress, leaving his own supporters drowning. Part of me wants to take the Rorschach…

I've been cleaning these last two days while watching The Lord of the Rings. Yesterday was The Fellowship of the Ring and today it's The Two Towers. I think what's taking me so long is that I keep pausing (cleaning) when the good parts come on.

Which is like the whole movie.

Starting watching #TheCoupleNextDoor on Starz (thank you $12 for the year promotion!), and I'm on season 2. Are you telling me that it takes place in the same neighborhood and that Alan is back?! 😂

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Hi all. I just wanted to let you know that I GOT THE JOB!

Yeah, I've decided I'm not doing the whole 31 Days of Winter thing either. I'm too burned out.

Everything that I Will Ever Know (Zine)

Everything that I Will Ever Know (poem) The archives are filled with Anita Byrants, white, wealthy, privileged, whose voices celebrate discrimination, colonization, filling up boxes and mudding up (whitewashing) history while erasing (bastardizing) our…

I want to say something clever.

I am just trying to a chill guy.

I have zero interest in existing today. Please don't perceive me.

Well I didn't know this was a thing. An ok adaptation, but making a silent film was a choice. I don't know. #TheCallOfCthulhu

#31DaysOfHalloween (totally forgot to post this before 12am)

Day 31

I normally would watch this on Halloween, but I have plans this Friday.

Anyway, depending on my mood, this is either my favorite Rob Zombie movie or it's just a mediocre one. It's never the worst, however. #31

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Day 30

Ever watch a movie so forgettable that you rewatch it a year later and don't remember a thing while still thinking it looks familiar? Yeah, that forgettable movie is this one. And I still think it sucks. #HellHouseLLCIIILakeOfFire

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Day 29