Archive for December, 2010

Putting the E in Christmas

What are you doing on Christ­mas Day? Avoid­ing Christ­mas, yes, that’s the right answer. But, while it’s unusual of me to sug­gest a dif­fer­ent approach, this year I recom­mend that you embrace the Yuletide fest­iv­it­ies in a small way by wak­ing up on Christ­mas morn­ing and — after you’ve paused to mourn­fully won­der why you’re […]

Spliced

Check­ing the answer machine I find I’m ruled by atomic curi­os­ity Taste per­ma­frost on my upper lip Here you are with your legs bent Knees crooked to your face Embra­cing your thighs Blood spots taint the fridge white Let­ters come with red-marked irrel­ev­ance Quiet for learn­ing how purple life grows A screen of darkened street wash down […]

Writers’ Bloc: embalming the dead

Just a note. In case anyone’s read­ing either this or that. If you ever vis­ited or con­trib­uted to Writers’ Bloc, the site for writ­ing about writ­ing for the sake of writ­ing about writ­ing in the form of writ­ing and then writ­ing some more about writ­ing, you may be vaguely inter­ested to know that at some […]