Torsade Literary Space The Impresario: part twenty-one
The Impresario Part Twenty-One A sturdy yeoman parts the throng, striding through Escort to a queenly, doll-like dame Poupée’s grown son with wonder eyes The wax-man’s pallor, Regalus Kneels and cradles in her hand, madame’s Surprised, she asks, “How do you, child?” The lifted face beneath the cowl, surprises her as well […]
Corey Jack: Actors Act (poem)
Actors Act Being, at the wheel, free to fly, she’d closed her eyes Singing The light was red But he was grinning like a wise guy Revved and squealed off A Mazda pushed the yellow light and blocked her His rude old Ford was parked there Cattycorner at the Holiday Inn She […]
Adventures in Research: The Grand Old Party
My Curious Reading Adventures in Research The Grand Old Party From the NYT September 29, 1880 “Grand Rally at Warren” General Ulysses S. Grant, a man of many scandals, was no longer President of the U.S. (as of March, 1877), but continued as a party campaigner. On behalf of Republican candidate James […]
Corey Jack: Crash (poem)
Crash Jack, waking to a sense… Something stronger than a sense, he tells himself, a revelation No, not wholly that A reverberation A weight about the size of a DC10, going crash One he sees in retrospect was then The crashing down of a tired, useless epoch A life of swine and […]