Literary Rust By Rochelle Smith

Literary Rust By Rochelle Smith

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About Me

It says Rochelle, but I only answer to Shelly.
Born in the east, townhouses stacked like dominos on a tree lined street where I would catch a firefly and watch its light extinguish over the course of an evening while Grandpa lectured me on what was right, and why people drove too fast.
Lived in the middle;
grey skies and cold slushy streets,
rust and iron and structures that serve no purpose.
Workers unite and the mob beats them down and now we name streets and highways after them.
The ghetto is not slovenly but depressing,
I miss it and the revolution that was constantly simmering just below the crust.
I and am slowly reducing my consciousness in the southwest,
where there is only beautiful weather and consumerism
stretching across the desert to the final drips of the Colorado River.
I�ve studied with the best,
I�ve worked with the worst.
I am somewhere in between a good deed and punishment.

If I had to pick and �ism�, it is Post- Modernism. It reminds me of jazz. Sometimes what you don�t hear is as important as what you do hear. I don't believe that people who swear are unintelligent. All language is worth exploring. I don�t limit myself in what I explore. I refuse to give up my punk rock idealism and wallow in the apathy of middle age. Eclectic implies choice of matter and art is not a choice but a scream of indignation and corrosion.


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Posted 17 Years Ago



It's been a long time... how are you?
...I've been writing in my sleep...


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...Natanya...

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Posted 17 Years Ago


welcome to the asylum. When do you want to be size for your complimentary straght jacket?

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Posted 17 Years Ago


Thanks for the candid review. Will return the favor soon.

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Posted 17 Years Ago


Thank you for your review... Maybe these thoughts keep us going: positive inspiration created from something so dark... lets strive to make these thoughts beautiful...

I wish you well...

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Posted 17 Years Ago


I am grateful for your reviews. I will get to reading your poetry soon. I am also thankful that you pointed me in the direction of enhancing my writing. -Nihad

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Posted 17 Years Ago


Thanks so much for the review. I look forward to checking out your work.

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Posted 17 Years Ago


you have got a wonderfuly charming voice - this must be Jr ! Great, with the guitar behind....

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Posted 17 Years Ago


I thank you so much for reading and commenting my ALPHA MIND ...hugs, lara

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Posted 17 Years Ago


Thank you! I have a crushing fear of sounding pretentious. It just isn't attractive; in my own work and rarely in the work of others.

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Posted 17 Years Ago


I read one poem and knew I would fall in love with the rest as well.