Thank you so much, Philippa, for all of these kind words!!!
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thank you so much, Philippa, for all of these kind words!!!
Thank you, Frank! I love how you phrased that.
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thank you, Frank! I love how you phrased that.
Even though I did watch Twin peaks, my first thought was, of course, Audrey Hepburn.
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Even though I did watch Twin peaks, my first thought was, of course, Audrey Hepburn.
Thank you for sharing this, Philippa.
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Thank you for sharing this, Philippa.
Yeah, we can’t let ourselves get sucked into a void.
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Yeah, we can’t let ourselves get sucked into a void.
Thank you, Again, Stace. You really nailed everything I was hoping to get across. I really do like dichotomies and dialectics. And, yes. I can get enough of Audrey’s cuteness.
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Thank you, Again, Stace. You really nailed everything I was hoping to get across. I really do like dichotomies and dialectics. And, yes. I can get enough of Audrey’s cuteness.
From the title we know the positive meaning of bright was too much to ask for, but we really get no reprieve, and neither does this future.
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
From the title we know the positive meaning of bright was too much to ask for, but we really get no reprieve, and neither does this future.
“trying not to look at the corpses”
It’s almost a universal selfishness people are forced into.
It’s almost a universal selfishness people are forced into.
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“trying not to look at the corpses”
It’s almost a universal selfishness people are forced into.
It’s almost a universal selfishness people are forced into.
On the first reading I read the last stanza on its own, then I realized the sentence carried over from the previous stanza. Excellent!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
On the first reading I read the last stanza on its own, then I realized the sentence carried over from the previous stanza. Excellent!
It looks like the one on the right is eating the one on the left.
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It looks like the one on the right is eating the one on the left.
“We don’t do lunch breaks.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“We don’t do lunch breaks.”
Thank you so much, Stace!!! She really is a beauty! Thank you so much for sharing my poem out loud and I am totally psyched that you both like it. Yes, everything I write is for the 🎤. The whole third stanza I “wrote” out loud while walking Audrey in the yard.
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thank you so much, Stace!!! She really is a beauty! Thank you so much for sharing my poem out loud and I am totally psyched that you both like it. Yes, everything I write is for the 🎤. The whole third stanza I “wrote” out loud while walking Audrey in the yard.
Certainly no party when you are dancing to destruction.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Certainly no party when you are dancing to destruction.
“Not that I can sleep” is a pivotal line balancing the top and lower halves of this poem.
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“Not that I can sleep” is a pivotal line balancing the top and lower halves of this poem.
Ironically, one would think glass to be clear, but not in this image.
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Ironically, one would think glass to be clear, but not in this image.
“Echoes of nothing coming”
Excellent line. I imagine it’s like a sound of no hands clapping.
Excellent line. I imagine it’s like a sound of no hands clapping.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“Echoes of nothing coming”
Excellent line. I imagine it’s like a sound of no hands clapping.
Excellent line. I imagine it’s like a sound of no hands clapping.
Oh yeah, that’s snarky!
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Oh yeah, that’s snarky!
This is a strong indictment and a strong statement.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is a strong indictment and a strong statement.
It’s quite interesting how complementary these forms are, each taking a different perspective on the theme.
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It’s quite interesting how complementary these forms are, each taking a different perspective on the theme.
Yes! We just brought her home on Saturday!!!
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Yes! We just brought her home on Saturday!!!