Demeter to Persephone
Demeter to Persphone What it means Demeter is Persephone’s mother. You may recall Persephone was lured into the underworld by Hades. Because she ate three pomegranate seeds, she had to…
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Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude Ross Gay what it means Gratitude overall, even in the face of drug abuse, inner city rot, mental illness. Notice the world and be grateful. Notice…
From the Desire Field
From the Desire Field, 1978 Nathalie Diaz what it means Two lovers are in bed together. The speaker has anxiety and insomnia. She’s going to cope with them by reframing.…
I Said to the Wanting Creature
I Said to the Wanting Creature I said to the wanting-creature inside me:What is this river you want to cross?There are no travelers on the river-road, and no road.Do you…
Moses
Moses Give me your hand. We have to cross the river and my strength fails me. Hold me as if I were an abandoned package in a wicker basket, a…
Fairy-tale Logic
Fairy tales are full of impossible tasks: Gather the chin hairs of a man-eating goat, Or cross a sulphuric lake in a leaky boat, Select the prince from a row…
Under the River Go the Faces of Everyone I Have Ever Loved
I think the world broke a world record today For the number of people in it who cried. Iggy Pop cried, as did most of Greenland. Five hundred babies cried…
You are in the dark, in the car
You are in the dark, in the car Claudia Rankine what it means Racism is endemic in the United States. It is in every fiber of our beings. The stress of racism…
Magdalene—The Seven Veils
Magdalene—The Seven Veils Marie Howe what it means Mary Magdalene, the prostitute in the Bible that Jesus embraced as one of his disciples, is explaining the devils in her. The…
Apocrypha of Light
On the first day, light said Let there be God. And there was God. Light needed shape to move inside, a likeness tawny and thick-maned. It strode into the absence…