Fear of: The Shining, a Haiku

I never thought of making out with bathtub girls as ghoulishly fun

Fear of: The Shining

Scary movies were, and are, one of my favorite things in the word. Getting scared w hile sitting and eating popcorn was my substitute for roller coasters (which I was too afraid to ride up until age 14). My family and I loved horror movies. We watched them constantly. One summer we slowly worked our […]

An Oldie but A Goodie: Bible

Poem time! I wrote this poem “Bible” in May, 2010. It was promptly made the Daily Deviation in the literature category on deviantArt. I have never been so overwhelmed by the responses to my poetry. So here’s that poem for you, friends. The demon is in the design, the devil in the details, and […]

Poetry Project: Week 2 (Poem 2: Wanderlust)

Where do you go when wanderlust takes hold in the tips of your fingers? In the crooks of your elbows? The back of your knees? When the kink in your neck calls for uprooting? (When even your spine agrees that it’s time to break?) Rooftops are too crowded. Subways too empty. The skies are too […]

Poetry Project: Week 2 (Poem 3: Robots)

Nick’s word: Robots Automated matron mechanically mothers– click-clack-creaking the breastfed laptop to sleep. The motherboard is heating up, laser pointers pointed pointedly: You are at [Fault: Error Message {367942, process stopped indefinitely}] The dial-up is down. Androids lost count of electric sheep, still awake, always awake. Weaponized.

Poetry Project: Week 2 (Poem 1: Celine’s)

This is Celine’s poem: “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”–Moulin Rouge I am sick. Heart-broken coughs rattle my body and the cold burns everywhere. Sickly sweet, this sickness is the greatest pandemic. I am in love. And what a love! This thing is, it causes palpitations. […]

If Historical Figures Were Alive Today: Week 2

Joan of Arc: I’m a Roman Catholic Saint? Patron Saint of France? Paved the way for Henry VII’s Coronation? Considered one of the most prolific military leaders? Burned at the stake at 19? Sweet. I’m also a lesbian.

At My Lowest: An Aside

Clinical Depression is serious. It’s not mood swings, it’s not having a bad day–it’s not even having a bad week. Clinical Depression makes life a challenge, and not a fun one on Nickelodeon where you get to slime a celebrity, but one on Fear Factor like eating raw Rocky Mountain Oysters and then not even […]

Wednesday Special #1: Poetry Project 1.5

Chloe Denice’s poem: Melancholy The Earth speaks in whispers. Her call is dead leaves, ponds icing over, a child leaving home. She cries: We are all together! You know my name, but you have forgotten it. Your love of Spring does not heal. Your love of comfort does not soothe. Your teeth bite, they ache, […]

Phasmogalephobia: A Haiku

Who you gonna call, Ghostbusters, or Shark Week when a ghost shark attacks?