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Month: August 2025
Book Review — _Not My Type_, by E. Jean Carroll
Suffused with gallows humor, E. Jean’s chronicle of her being the plaintiff in two trials against Donald Trump is, by turns, triggering and hilariously funny. The first trial is where a jury decides if he raped her or sexually assaulted her and then afterwards defamed her by saying her accusations were lies, he never met…
#SLS – “More Than This,” by Roxy Music (1982)
Veronica Veronese (cover for single release)By Dante Gabriel Rossetti I’ve often thought I should do an album where the songs are all bound together in the style of West Side Story, but it’s always seemed like too much bother to work that way. So instead, I have these 10 poems, or short stories, that could, with…
The Oracle Speaks — said the enormous woman
said the enormous woman beneath a blue-pink smeared sky a peachly symphony sweats smooth frantically fingering their apparatus; our headwind panting raw whispers for a spring storm honey moon It’s been awhile since consulting The Oracle. Nice to be feeling the mojo to do it. The Oracle may be consulted here.
FFF 47 — “Rabbit Run,” by Idles from “Caught Stealing”
When I saw/heard the following track on Idles’ YouTube page, I was geeked. I didn’t have a clue they were doing a film score and had written 4 songs for a new movie, “Caught Stealing.” Expected to be released on August 29, the movie is crammed with stars including: Austin ButlerBad BunnyVincent D’onofrioZoë KravitzLiev SchreiberMatt…
dVerse — MTB (2nd) — [untitled] cherita
soft breath curled she sleeps plush cushion bed forgotten stitches diagnoses nightmare dreams kittens and journeys journeys and kittens dreams nightmare diagnoses stitches forgotten bed cushion plush sleeps she’s curled breath soft Kim inspired me to try to write a double cherita. Dotty is having some health issues and this poem is about her. Cherita…
Dverse – MTB Thursday – [untitled] cherita form
After July’s drought two days of solid rain muds yesterday’s dust; toads leap and chirp, spiderwort splays, tomorrow arises. Cherita form Merril is today’s for dVerse’ Meeting the Bar Thursday. Merril says: Write a cherita in either 1-2-3 form or 3-2-1 form OR write a double cherita where the second part mirrors the first: 1-2-3…
Tao Talk 