We start with gratitude. Many thanks to Red Fez for publishing Better Luck Next Year and to Misfit Magazine for taking my short poem I Don’t Feel Like a Fighter Today Without small presses I couldn’t share. Unable to share, I would be trapped. Mute. And probably rather terrified. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… We found a planet yesterday… Continue reading Zooming Out, The Cleaving, and the Never Ending Universe
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Cancerversary, or How I Became the Real Ally
Today’s my cancerversary. In case it isn’t apparent cancerversary is the anniversary of the day your life was radically changed by a cancer diagnosis. Mine is today. On June 10, 2014 at around 2:00 or so my doctor called. I was at work at the library. I stood in the hall near the bathrooms which… Continue reading Cancerversary, or How I Became the Real Ally
Moar Pie for Everyone, or Why Simon Pegg was right
Hi. So I made it (barely) through my first week of post-trip hangover. It wasn’t easy. More than one cookie were consumed. I had no choice, I tell you! But some cool things did come up, like my getting to talk to Vanessa Barger about This Is Sarah and writing and Antarctica. Thanks Vanessa! And… Continue reading Moar Pie for Everyone, or Why Simon Pegg was right
Mid-Month Round Up
How is it already the middle of March? What just happened? Where am I? Okay so mid-month round-up, here we go: 1. Many thanks to Camel Saloon for publishing Humiliation Heap as a part of the International Women’s Day issue. There are tons and tons of good writers in here so please, take a minute to… Continue reading Mid-Month Round Up
And Yet….
Over the last seven months I’ve written a lot of poems about cancer and all that sad sack stuff. I’m not going to post them all here. I plan on sending them out and/or hopefully putting together a new poetry book. But this one is for Jay. Because everyone should be as lucky to have… Continue reading And Yet….
Ally Malinenko 