Torsade Literary Space My Blog Week: July 5 to July 11
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Praise be New books on the man in the White House, aside from the much-anticipated title from his niece, arriving this week, are a satirical novel by […]
Eight: Withholding (poetry series)
Withholding What is the act of picturing, given in imperative What is useless while pitiless while infectious Or the opposite of good What is the consequence of forked currents and stoppered things uncapped What is the doghead to the loud man’s fingersnap What is the faith that errand runners get their […]
Yoharie: Because Society (part two)
Yoharie Because Society (part two) She was at the Oakbrook mall, the single customer of Bernadette’s. Behind the glass case Bernadette culled crimped-paper holders, empty éclair oblongs, doughnut rounds; fixing cards under trays: Half-Price! BOGO! The same thing. Bernadette, which one do they go for? Giarma didn’t ask, and […]
My Blog Week: June 28 to July 4
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week The Bobbing Cork Suppose you attend a gathering, and there are ninety-nine other people in your seating section, some wearing masks, some not. Some yell and sing, some […]
Eight: Picking Brains (poetry series)
Picking Brains [sowing paranoia] Why are you here? The silence extends. Though silence, in interview via teletype is contempt, confusion, thoughtfulness Thoughts of…what’s it mean, why really am I? How do I work this thing, is it some kind of setup Equipment breakdown, line traffic, any of those What is your […]
Dark Humour: Twelfth Battle Stations
The Folly Battle Stations Dark Humour But, if I may, the chap…who calls himself Peters (He notes Llewellyn find in this no subtle Hunnish wit. Peters in manner terribly Hansel, a-dropping of his breadcrumbs… Another glance…no. The new man has been guilty of imitating Peters at his […]