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1 day ago · Like the braided title, the stanza catches “Amid” between mud and adrift, as Webster’s tetrameters swim between k and m consonants. The strong “hates” picks up “hardened” on the way to another hyphenated “half-duck” and “home,” while the elongated “formaldehydean” alliterates with “foreign” and rings its vowels with “psyche.”
2 days ago · Lifting my eyes, the moon allures. Lowering my eyes, I long for home. My interpretation of this famous poem is a bit different from the norm. The moon symbolizes love, so I imagine the moon shining on Li Bai’s bed to be suggestive, an invitation. A man might lower his eyes to avoid seeing something his wife would not approve of.
1 day ago · The memories come in flashes, fragments of a life that was once filled with love and warmth. I remember the way she laughed, the way her eyes sparkled when she looked at me. These memories are both a blessing and a curse. They are the last vestiges of my humanity, the only thing that keeps me sane in this digital abyss.
1 day ago · Iris Cai (age 15) GHAZAL FOR GRANDMOTHER. My grandmother kept a suitcase, hard & rounded. like a deep pink shell. I used to finger its rounded. edges & compare them to her deft, valleyed hands. Wind-chapped skin crinkled like crow’s feet, rounded. around eyes where her smile never reached. She grew.
1 day ago · Grieve is an ocean, and Robin spent years adrift, floating through seasons. In that time he spoke nothing of his internal torment. His mouth clamped shut, sweet thoughts trapped alongside sombre, black truths. His mood had become as weathered as his skin, as grey as his hair.
5 days ago · Acrisius is killed when he attempts to retrieve the eye from the three Gray Women. Perseus returns to avenge his mother's mistreatment and shows Medusa's head to Acrisius. In a competition, Perseus throws a discus that goes astray and hits Acrisius in the head, killing him.
4 days ago · While this tendency is a sanctuary, it often leaves her feeling disconnected and adrift. Her journey is one of seeking balance, striving to tether her soaring imagination to the ground of everyday life. Chantal's primary struggle is her propensity to dissociate, slipping away from reality into the comforting arms of her daydreams.
