Tags : Postmodern

If Found Upriver, Please Return to Owner: __________

If Found Upriver, Please Return to Owner: ________..

A Story by Anna Auel


Girl bought a red strapless dress at a second-hand store in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Red like red hots candy. It would burn the Boy up. He would ..
Knowing in the Gift-Wrap

Knowing in the Gift-Wrap

A Poem by Anna Auel


I keep my soul close like letters in the floor wrapped with rubber bands But now I reach inside myself and with my can opener fingers chink ..
toothbrush philosophizing

toothbrush philosophizing

A Poem by Anna Auel


The center of the universe is a small square box of broken hearts that reaches infinitely to the coastal shelf, then drops to the bottom of a bottom..
Sidewalk Chalk

Sidewalk Chalk

A Poem by Anna Auel


The young go by smoking small-town morning glories. Wrestling With the existential crises in their knapsacks and purses pockets�..
He Said/She Said

He Said/She Said

A Poem by Anna Auel


You say:come over to the table. I say: nothing. just follow like a devoted thing (a silly thing) bereft of speech. I arrive but you&rsqu..
Hydra

Hydra

A Poem by Anna Auel


Pouring chloroform in an open wound�" hoping it will deaden the nerves, put this agony to rest. Dreading the time when the monster awake..
the instruction book caught fire in apt. 602

the instruction book caught fire in apt. 602

A Poem by Anna Auel


I believed once. Religion and Sprituality twin anchors around my neck I wanted to believe, wanted to be anchored to that biblical ..
Un Chien

Un Chien

A Poem by Anna Auel


poem inspired by the short film "Un Chien Andalou"
stovetop

stovetop

A Poem by Anna Auel


The day you left my door�" Is also the day I died. Rain accompanying the sound Of your steps�"growing Softer. ..
in medias res is where you found me

in medias res is where you found me

A Poem by Anna Auel


10 am in the workplace: Mechanical arms and legs do the work without a brain"busy turning its own wheels"they run on levers endlessly grindin..
Lifeguarding Isn't For Dummies

Lifeguarding Isn't For Dummies

A Poem by Anna Auel


Hit my teeth on the edge of the beer bottle the awkward knocking knocks me back-- pulls my guts like taffy (from the neck) stretched from my mouth..
ENGLISH 457: Literature and the Sexes

ENGLISH 457: Literature and the Sexes

A Poem by Anna Auel


a fictional woman commits adultery. “The Storm.” A short story. By Kate Chopin. Admirable, this woman--they say, these stick woman in ..
Leashes Lead to Rub Burns

Leashes Lead to Rub Burns

A Poem by Anna Auel


don’t know how I will catch up by lining up these French toast sticks heel, toe, heel, toe the road is slick like syrup. the triumph o..
Amper(stand)

Amper(stand)

A Poem by Anna Auel


Burnside, ironside, bricks and heavy things. names that bear a testament to cement. steadied by nails (the poor man’s weaponized construction)..
Chapter One

Chapter One

A Chapter by goette10


This is the first chapter for a trilogy that I'm currently working on and is a revised version from a previous work.
tripping over the nightlight

tripping over the nightlight

A Poem by Anna Auel


3 a.m. at least it must be. refuse to look at the clock in case it is later (earlier?)-- it would only agitate. Like a fan. you are sleeping nex..
Choices

Choices

A Story by J.D. McNeely


A story of a couple struggling to find a way to communicate. A minimalist story using the iceberg theory.
Was that 4-4-4-4?

Was that 4-4-4-4?

A Poem by Anna Auel


Folding clothes feeding chickens that resemble hawks I feel safer than a storm blowing through, safer than knowing the future. Acceptance ch..