Not all poetry sites are created equal. I really hate to say that, but it’s true. Having a web page is not the same thing as being a good poetry editor and having an eye for good work. But the good folks at the Blue Hour, they really know what they’re doing. And when I… Continue reading Saturday Morning at the Blue Hour
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I Went Walking Far From Home
If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish. – Charles Dickens Distance: 5.5 miles Neighborhoods traversed: Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Prospect Heights, Park Slope Number of streets/blocks crossed: 79 Number of avenues crossed: 8 Musical accompaniment: Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes (all photo captions are song lyrics) Purpose: Transportation,… Continue reading I Went Walking Far From Home
Letter to Big Ron (a.k.a. Dad)
Hi Big Ron (a.k.a Dad) How’re you? Me? I’m good. You know, same old. So listen, I’ve got something I wanted to tell you. Here goes: I’ve been to a couple ballgames already this year – you know there’s nothing better than live ball – but there’s a hitch. They weren’t Yankee games. They were… Continue reading Letter to Big Ron (a.k.a. Dad)
Back from Austria
Hi kids I’m back? Did you miss me? Aw…I missed you too! Kisses! So I spent the week in Vienna and Salzburg and I saw amazing things like this: and this: And we went to the Mozart’s birthplace: and stood in the room he was born in and saw the house he died in and… Continue reading Back from Austria
And then Twitter blew up over a poem
Came across this today on twitter via xkcd while reading about everyone freaking out about a poem that Amanda Palmer wrote that might maybe sort of involve seeing people as complex and not just “bad guys” vs “good guys” (though mostly everyone screamed that she was anti-american and should go shave her pits) and I thought… Continue reading And then Twitter blew up over a poem
Ally Malinenko 