February 2012
23 posts
“We were dreamers then, still are I guess, but in our own way. We saw life...”
– Miles Buckley, Children
“I’m grateful for anything that reminds me of what’s possible in this life. Books...”
– Johnathan Safran Foer
“I stopped apologising for my weaknesses and started working on them.”
My happiness is beset in your distance and absence
It rings so obvious in the harsh tones of love songs and lack of kisses to my lips. There are movements I should be busy memorizing, touches I should be feeling, words we should be whispering. And I wish I could tell you a willing heart that I want you forever.
Fingertips reading like Braille to eyelashes and lips. The story of our love will be so evident among the skin we wear.
“I want to walk randomly. Randomly and alone to find something remarkable. I need...”
“But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running...”
– James Joyce, Araby
Let's lay our bad day down here, dear
and make-believe we’re strong, or hum some protest song. Like maybe “We Shall Overcome Someday,” overcome the stupid things we say. Say, “I need more than this,” and say, “I needed one more kiss- We left that light on way too long now.” Let’s plant a bomb at city hall- kill an MLA. We’ll talk the night away- you call in sick,...
“Listen, real poetry doesn’t say anything, it just ticks off the...”
– Jim Morrison
Zee Avi, Concrete Wall
“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone...”
– Olivia Wilde
January 2012
19 posts
“People change and forget to tell each other.”
– Lillian Hellman
She tasted bitter and stale
And pursed her lips, but frowning take me like this. Busy buttoning her blouse in a way that begged me to tear it off, she sang, It’s like all things, you must make the bed before taking the girl.
My fingers laughed their way down her back and around the knots of her hips, pulling her skirt up I’d rather sleep on the couch then.
“We all have the power to change our negative thinking. You may not be able to...”
– Josie Tuttle
“My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
– Louis Pasteur
“Money’s a pollutant to me. It hinders my creative response.”
– Peter Joseph
1 tag
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The secret of getting started...”
– Mark Twain
“She parks her car outside of my house, takes her clothes off, and says...”
December 2011
18 posts
1 tag
“If you’re feeling frightened about what comes next, don’t be. Embrace the...”
– Everwood
“Never underestimate the power of actually fucking doing something.”
– Joe Rogan
1 tag
“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”
– Benjamin Franklin
