Oh, Japan. My head is spinning, horrible images swirling. I will not say "like water." There is no poetry to be made from this tragedy, not by me. Inescapable. Except I didn't have to escape anything. Not really. Not like hundreds of thousands who did or did not. I can't imagine it. I have had … Continue reading Soft and Heavy
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Rice & Eggs
Rainy Sunday morning, the first weekend of spring break, and wow, is it welcome. The rain and the break, I mean. Rain because it means the temperature is finally climbing back up, and break because it has been an incredibly stressful semester so far. We found out in early February that budget crises across the … Continue reading Rice & Eggs
Sustenance
Sustenance 1 a: means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living b: food, provisions; also : nourishment 2 a: the act of sustaining : the state of being sustained b: a supplying or being supplied with the necessaries of life 3: something that gives support, endurance, or strength *** I am a poet and essayist … Continue reading Sustenance
Sheila squillante 