why is that feeling of belonging always so fleeting? fleeing? flying? floating away on clouds meant for heavier things like the smell of rain it's raining it's pouring the old man is snoring bumped his head and why are nursery rhymes so violent? plague and accident no child is safe modern day nursery involves horror films and glow-in-the-dark stars ( Read more... )

so.. talk about disorganized... I signed up last summer to do volunteer work for folkfest.. and they never got back to me. I got no response whatsoever. I assumed they didn't need any more volunteers and left it at that. Got a letter in themail today thanking me for my 'invaluable volunteer services at this year's folkfest" they "couldn't have done ( Read more... )

okay everyone! it's Random Acts of Poetry Week! (I'm not making this up, people all over canada are participating, including lots of well established profesional poets) if you have a poem you wrote, or just one you like, post it or read it out loud somewhere. seriously, anywhere: bus stops, school, street corners, playgrounds, hair salons, whatever ( Read more... )

The word Angst comes from anguish which come from a french word that has to do with losing the belief in God, and therefore feeling alone and stranded amidst chaos. These days it's used to represent the moodswings of a child or teenager, and to show those moodswings as being trivial ( Read more... )

I miss you, you know, said the man in the funny hat
and she smiled because there was nothing left to do.
they drove through the car crash into the sea
on a double decker bus made for just such an occasion
and laughed when they were the only ones to hear melody in the burnt remains of the sun.

later she twirled her hair and suggested dinner
though both knew that childhood behind the apple tree
was fleeting at best
some torn smiles should stay that way; curving around gnarled limbs and overgrown shrubbery

1.she is what I fear will happen to me, which explains a lot about how I treat her, but isn't extrordinarily flattering to either of us. It makes things at school rather strained ( Read more... )

On thanksgivng day I am thankfull for memories.

Post a memory of me.

It can be anything you want.

Then post this in your journal.

See what people remember about you.

exactly! thats what I was thinking. perfect, well thats it then, nothing more to say. I agree, there's never anything to say. song? much better. song gives us the medium we have been craving,the indirect monologue. good, well I suppose I had better go then, because instead of being off in your own little world, you have stood with your back to the ( Read more... )

Good night. Stupid kids smashed beer bottles over their heads. Lovely weather. Kevin was drunk. Claire R and Jere were molesting drunk Kevin. Seriously. Vera and Morgan never showed up, and I'm holdiing Vera's diskman hostage untill she changes that. Willow and Shawn likewise did not show up, but I didn't really think they would. Beautiful Losers ( Read more... )