Torsade Literary Space Such Is Life (poem)
Such Is Life The dream, a side effect Always asking ears be lent at waking times Ugly invest, imp of intent Garnish that thought, the sufferer selfcounsels Such is life, each become a theme Each devoid of rallying, or selfemployed, as is at broadcasting The dream, a side effect, now DNA […]
My Blog Week: January 9 to January 15
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Critical Lapses (part four) An excerpt from the Rush Limbaugh CPAC speech of 2009: We see human beings. We don’t see […]
Hammersmith: A Prisoner Goes Missing (part two)
Hammersmith Thirty-Eight A Prisoner Goes Missing (part two) The professor had ferried Minnie into his arms. “Here’s your gal…you take good care of her, mister. And I’ll just say adios.” To himself, Shaw could admit a five-second reverie of chucking it all. Why not tell Medlow, “Blame me. I let […]
Catastrophe (part nine)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part nine) VI. The Funeral Boat On Land…What We Saw There I had seen the volcano in passing near the coast, aboard the Saint-Domingue. I had remarked the terror it threatened to […]
Eight: King’s Bishop (poem)
King’s Bishop How’s the latest hoodwink? That a good word, hoodwink? You like it? So it comes from olden times, highway robbery Stagecoaches, powdered wigs Stand and eat liver, that the phrase? [laughs] And warned him with her death You think I’m nuts, what’s he talking about? You don’t know that […]
Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part forty-eight)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part forty-eight) It was of some use, to know how they spoke of you. But should Sancia send gossip winging to Sicily, Maria wished for none of this when. Tell them, Whore, that I am mad and pleased to remain so. […]
My Blog Week: January 2 to January 8
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Critical Lapses (part three) More from John Simon’s review of Star Wars (1977): “The film […] has nowhere near the romantic […]
Catastrophe (part eight)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part eight) A few Americans had planned to realize it, this classic ascent become obligatory. They were at Morne-Rouge. Fully equipped, they departed: wagons, horses, mules, guides, and provisions. They had dined, very calm, and happy in […]