To Sleep

You wave me down
like a sore tiger.
Everything stretches, and the dark
becomes seeable.
When I was just a kid, I would fight you.
I’d exhaust every avenue to escape you,
To deplete you, hidden with my night.
I would wish you would just give up.
And you would.
Now
I’m pleased to meet you.
Even when you come uninvited, knocking on the inside.
You will [...]

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The Problem of the Modern Reader

I opened the New York Times Business section today, and saw an article on Kindle increasing readership. Amazon states that people buy 3.1 as many books as they did before owning the device. It would seem that the Kindle is increasing peoples desires to read, which most people would call a good thing. This is [...]

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The Encyclopedia of Greece

Travel Journal
During this past summer I traveled in Greece and the Balkans with two friends of mine. As per my contract in school, I wrote an extensive travel journal of my experiences.
The above links to a PDF file, however you must click on Read Full Post in order to see the link.
Enjoy, and thanks for [...]

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Thousands of Americans Already in Gay Marriages

Thousands of Americans Shocked to Discover That They Are in Gay Marriages
All over the country, more and more married couples have begun to realize they have already committed to a gay marriage. With the ongoing controversy surrounding the issue of granting homosexuals marriage rights, thousands of heterosexual couples, who have been married for years, have [...]

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Skulls

A woman holds a human skull in her hands. She sits with a group of students in a circle of tables. She alternates which hand holds the skull, playfully moving it between the two like a tennis ball, even spinning it in the air at one point like a ball. She catches it. She hands [...]

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What Sucks, What Doesn’t Suck for March

Basketball doesn’t suck. Anyone with the last name Gumbel sucks. Zaga doesn’t suck, but not anymore in value then Northern Whatever (Kentucky) sucking hard and giving the game just after they took it. Duke never will suck. Utah State sucks in my feelings, not in my heart. Maryland SUCKS. Thabeet is a giant that could [...]

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Update

I haven’t updated the site in a little while due to certain things. I’ve nixed writing poetry for the most part- don’t act so disappointed. Mostly doing essays and fiction for now, expository stuff y’know. I’m working on something big for my contract with school, and the bad news none of that stuff is going [...]

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Chapter Two

I had a hangover when I saw the birds. In a flurry, their movements blossomed above a cascade of cars belting northbound. There were two flocks. They approached and admired each other, seeming to bow almost, a mutuality recognized, and the pair began this festive dance, the one group swayed and mixed with the second [...]

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Genuine Observers

Getting older was something I did when I was younger.
That’s pretty much it.
There isn’t a complicated poem with a metaphor.
There isn’t a story.
There isn’t a pattern.
There is what I learn, when I learn it, and then I apply it to my life.
Theories need outlets.
Or they blow a fuse, break a gasket.
The primacy of I,
You can [...]

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Playing King

I’m having trouble finding where to start.
I find myself late in moments. Dizzy in a hue of spurting stanzas, babbling syllables.
Friends talk about art and community and it makes sense. There is a hook and taste.
No reel or bait.
I pour one more.
Breathe easier, nobody asks any questions anyway.
 
I think about mimicry and copying. I read other peoples [...]

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