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Dance in the Dark | A Novella

Thanks for checking out this blog post. I want to apologize to my poetry enthusiasts for being gone for so long! During the last two months, I have been at easy work finishing my first novella, entitled Dance in the Dark. The book is 70 pages and was a little time consuming, taking over tenContinue reading “Dance in the Dark | A Novella”

Analysis of the poem ‘I Felt a Funeral in my Brain’ by Emily Dickinson

A headache sucks, cognitive dissonance is even harder for someone who is discovering worlds as they fall from heaven’s own divine bells. An analysis of the poem ‘I Felt a Funeral in my Brain’ by Emily Dickinson is easy to perform because of how observant and easy to grasp it is in its use ofContinue reading “Analysis of the poem ‘I Felt a Funeral in my Brain’ by Emily Dickinson”

Prose poetry in the mask of spirituality | A review of Reduced to Joy by Mark Nepo

Mark Nepo is good at reflecting on emotions and creating meaningful snippets of memories he’s clearly reflected on. Spirituality, perhaps even a hint of Buddhism, is found sprinkled throughout his book. As a poet, maybe not so much. Nepo makes the mistake most SERIOUS contemporary poetry make, which is that they write prose broken upContinue reading “Prose poetry in the mask of spirituality | A review of Reduced to Joy by Mark Nepo”

Dance in the Dark (a preview)

Leandra stood in her small bathroom of her one story ranch house, just off the famed Buchanan Drive, naked and shivering, staring into the fogged bathroom mirror fresh out of the shower. She wiped the mirror with her damp towel, after having dried her hair and pale beige body, now naked in front of theContinue reading “Dance in the Dark (a preview)”

Thematic Analysis of “The Summer-Camp Bus Pulls Away From the Curb” by Sharon Olds | Loss, Independence and Growing Up

A thematic analysis of the poem “The Summer-Camp Bus Pulls Away From the Curb” by Sharon Olds. Topics covered include loss, independence and growing up.