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A Meditation on Death
The thinker Alan Watts suggests that if every human perception is physically a wave, whether a brain wave conveying touch or a wave of...

James Reilly
Mar 12, 20213 min read
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Starfish
I had a red racecar bed for much longer than I should have. I had my first memory, waking up on that bed.
stevecorona6
Jan 25, 20213 min read
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Simplifying Metaphors: How We Perceive The World
Writing is, for me, the way we make sense of the world. In the words of Joan Didion, ““I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking...

James Reilly
Jan 12, 20214 min read
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Blur
It spreads to fill my vision. Like a gilded movie or photograph, sunlight through a window overtakes my entire world.

James Reilly
Jan 8, 20215 min read
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The quarantine
Life is crazy you know. One minute you are sitting outside, listening to birds chirping, staring at the little pond in your little...

britt
Jan 7, 20212 min read
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At arms length
1. It was super late. That was how we did things. Almost always after dinner and never in public. Hours would pass as we talked. She told...

Sean
Jan 4, 20217 min read
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Loblolly Pond
A lovely day in Loblolly Pond, you exclaim each and every time. To be inside on a day like this, you say, it surely must be a crime. We...
Johanna Mitra
Apr 23, 20201 min read
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SILA
The real issue is not and will never be climate change. The real issue is that we have lost part of our humanity. We have lost our...
Julio Chavez
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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untitled - 4/11/20
today I miss you much like yesterday and the time before; more than I care to admit and yet Here lies my confession: i am no longer...
jimmikam
Apr 11, 20201 min read
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Honey Coated
Sweet honey comb tears Roll down my cheeks When I think of little things; Funny friendships I had And immature lovers Who create loud...

jennifleur
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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the quiet world
I first read this poem back in high school and it's lingered in my mind ever since. I made this very short film as part of a quarantine...
jimmikam
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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The A/C/E Line
It’s 8:05 a.m. and I can already hear the rapid fire of drumsticks on those overturned orange Home Depot buckets. The man playing them in...
Johanna Mitra
Apr 10, 20203 min read
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jennifleur
Apr 9, 20201 min read
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Shadows
Beyond the darkest shadows are the brightest objects An eternal sunshine forbidden to cast its rays A world consumed by the forgotten...
Jaycee Eichner
Apr 8, 20201 min read
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A bit of love from France
Hey guys I know it is getting rough in New York, and here as well, so I just wanted to send you some love with this poem :) May the sea...

Re.Nicolas
Apr 5, 20201 min read
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Sweet Songs: Amsterdam
Sweet songs after dinner linger in my ear, invite me to dance, take me down the spiral stairs, into the busy street. From the apartment...

jennifleur
Apr 3, 20201 min read
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Sonnet
Flight of the Heart A little birdy lived in a small nest, the nest was little birdy's suite of sticks Sweet little birdy built its home...

Tina Spaulding
Apr 2, 20201 min read
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Thoughts on Heat in Quarantine
Scientifically, there is no such thing as cold. One is either hot, or simply not hot. There is only heat, or no heat. On a winter...

James Reilly
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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Bold Brown Skin
Hair poked through my skin Charting it's way through places it hadn't yet settled A pioneer organism claiming its territory On my...

Mahum Siddiqui
Mar 26, 20201 min read
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