poetry
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Why not Protopia?
Alicia talks about all that and The Ferment on her recent appearance on Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure. Read more.
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It’s not easy
The assignment was to write a sound poem or poem inspired by sound – to hyperfixate on our sonic experience, using the sounds as inspiration, abandoning conventional logic for the… Read more.
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Ponte dei Sospiri
I wrote this poem in May 2016 in exchange for a print of Bruce Bicknell’s painting of the “Bridge of Sighs” in downtown Scranton that connects the Fire Department headquarters… Read more.
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no war poem
No one wants to admit to bombing the girls’ school in Iranbut we’ve seen their graves gaping at uson the doomscrollsorderly rectangles dug in rowswaiting to swallow the bodies of165… Read more.
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ICYMI – 2025 Poetry Out Loud
It’s April and that means National Poetry Month! While you wait impatiently for those buds to burst open, refresh your brain with some powerful wordplay recited by some talented high… Read more.
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Counts as Writing
It’s coming … I promise you. The first three episodes of The Ferment will be fully scripted (revisions pending further development, of course) by the end of winter break (before… Read more.
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Currents Anthology Available for Pre-Order
Edited by Brian Fanelli and Joe Kraus, Currents in the Electric City: A Scranton Anthology will be published July 16, 2024. The Belt Publishing paperback features work by a couple… Read more.
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Holiday Card 2023: Wrapping Paper
We’re judged by our exteriors while we insist it’s what’s inside that counts. Truth is: nothing inside that package will fill the void inside of you. The ghosts will be… Read more.
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sick in the head
If you asked, I’m sure he’d say I’m better offnowwithout himagain. I did nothing wrong, he assured,after the break-up text.Out of nowhere:Please leave me alone. Later: It’s mental illness.His words,… Read more.
Gregarious Expressions 