Tag Archives: Fiction

make mango mush

Posted on November 27, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “I feel that nothing has really changed since my early childhood and that life is simply a series of scenes interspersed with songs.” — Annie Ernaux / I Remain in Darkness “Just because … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

see my altar

Posted on November 21, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read Yesterday “I will cease waiting for someone to do something about the war, the walls, the guns, the drugs, the stupidity of leaders, and ally myself with citizens who practice the art of tossing their … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

the hairline crack

Posted on November 13, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “One of the rules of writing that stands throughout time: do not be complacent. Take risks. And most important, listen.” —Joy Harjo / Catching the Light “Are you quiet enough to hear horned … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

my disco pickle

Posted on October 24, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “Every little tilde valve, every lifted seawall, every raised house only purchases time, not a permanent fix.” — Madeline Ostrander / At Home on an Unruly Planet “XBB is a nasty little subvariant. … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

going to procrastinate

Posted on October 16, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “this will be a little test to see if expressive(?) writing is a cure for the malaise of the coronavirus. well it doesn’t cure the pain in my left knee…” — Bernadette Mayer … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

misidentified as another

Posted on October 11, 2022 by istsfor manity

concern 124 (v.2) your officeis blood office my name is 78theres too much pressure last week was as datedas the previous weeki added a letteri added an addled letter i couldnt use greekcause the hurricanesr using the alphabetagain must i … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

straddle two centuries

Posted on October 10, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “In this time of book banning and mistrust of truth, I find writing poetry a most subversive act.” — Sandra Cisneros / Lit Hub’s “The Craft of Writing” “… I straddle two centuries … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

quaking egos squall

Posted on October 5, 2022 by istsfor manity

Luminous within the Light-Year It’s so luminous within the light-year—All is colorful behind time. I confound glowing snatches beyond thegodstarsIt’s full of stars!A queue of light fleeing. Quaking behind the sealsWe sentry glittering portholes.Behold, the blackstar is no more. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

grope and cope

Posted on October 4, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Bipolarities of Bipolar2 …the bipolarities of bipolar2 means the investiture of happy sad happy sad happy sad…means the cyclic nucleic acidic gentrification of my sadness…and the entropic dystopic myopic envisioning of my happiness…sorta’ rolla’ coasta’ o’ love hate love … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

gifts to you

Posted on October 3, 2022 by istsfor manity

Versus to a Moralist (N+7 & N+12 recombined, after Luis Carlos López) Oh moralist, who now looks over my roommateface-deep in the chutney of tropical camelliasto be saluted by she who has been out all nightlight-long,to be barked at by … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment