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Exhale Beauty Whenever You Can

27 Wednesday Apr 2016

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Some things will never change.  Does that phrase elicit an internal groan? Perhaps, because you already know what brings it on. We are surrounded by knuckleheads, know-nothings who are dangerously loud in professing their beliefs, their truths, their opinions, their idea of wit, and it chip chip chips away at our good energy, our vibe that’s trying so hard to burn bright, with love and care in the midst of killjoys.

Some things will never change, and I’ve spent many days trying to knit phrases together into some sort of poem or essay in response to the troglodytes who expose themselves every time they open their maws.  I’m working so hard at trying to share how awful they make me feel, allowing their misogynistic, or puerile, utterances to put a dent in my graceful armor. Dent dent dent, chip chip chip, why am I working so hard at trying to make your ugly words pretty?

Yesterday I chose to ignore your ugly, to not engage. I watched as you painted yourself into a corner with your own tongue. Nice job, Ironic-man, we couldn’t have done it better if we tried.  I almost feel sorry for you going through life filled with such hate and anger, knowing what it’s done to your body. Perhaps I should write about the friends you’ve alienated or the wife who patiently attends you. Perhaps I shouldn’t give you another  moment of my life. Look how much we’ve wasted on it already.

Some things never change. But I hope to. One, deep, long dreaming draught of living breath at a time, help me to exhale beauty instead of darkness.

Soundtrack of a Life

23 Saturday Apr 2016

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bonds, music, Prince, soundtrack

Unless the music touched you, you will probably wonder what the big deal is and wish it would go away.  I get that.

But I want to say that the music bonded us.  I listen to the song today, and it means something different now.  I have no bonds today as I did back then, and yet it still causes my eyes to close, my spirit to become a great open vacuum to take in every word, every note.

I noticed some years ago that “the” version is not available on YouTube. Besides, I can’t listen to it as I knew it then, with my friends, with its passion and meaning on a laptop screen. I left my CD elsewhere and will need to get another copy to hear its best version.

The world will remind us that Prince Rogers Nelson was an imperfect person. I guess the young person of me wants to remain ignorant of his bad behavior and only wants to recall his musical gift.  Tonight I remember all those nights we sang his songs in our tiny bedrooms, our crappy cars, school lunchrooms, sweaty bodies pressed together swaying or jumping around like lunatics, that place where we learned our power, and our powerlessness.  We learned there was this “something” had no idea what it was, only that it was bigger than us and we had to obey it, whether it was moving our bodies, sharing deepest secrets, or shedding tears.  I am blessed tonight to recall close friends of those days, music that defines those times, bonds we couldn’t conceive would break. We were alive, sweaty, happy together, immortal together and Prince was part of our soundtrack. Celebrate.

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“I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted to one time to see you laughing
I only wanted to see you
Laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you
Bathing in the purple rain

I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend
Baby, I could never steal you from another
It’s such a shame our friendship had to end

Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you
Underneath the purple rain

Honey, I know, I know
I know times are changing
It’s time we all reach out
For something new, that means you too

You say you want a leader
But you can’t seem to make up your mind
I think you better close it
And let me guide you to the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
If you know what I’m singing about up here
C’mon, raise your hand

Purple rain, purple rain
I only want to see you
Only want to see you
In the purple rain”

Rest, Little Goddess

17 Sunday Apr 2016

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ocean, poem, triple goddess, whelk

I found her in the sand this morning

shipwrecked more than most

Her house tells me she’s been around for a while,

nourishing offspring, her competitors, herself

this maiden mother crone

faded, bored full of holes.

If you only knew from where she came

You would never want to trade places with her.

 

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Call for Submissions

09 Saturday Apr 2016

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Emanations VI: Call for Submissions

International Authors and the editors of Emanations are happy to announce a Call for Submissions:

Emanations: VI

Emanations is an anthology series featuring fiction, poetry, essays, manifestos and reviews. The emphasis is on alternative narrative structures, new epistemologies, peculiar settings, esoteric themes, sharp breaks from reality, ecstatic revelations, and vivid and abundant hallucinations.

The editors are interested in recognizable genres—science fiction, fantasy, horror, political dystopia, satire, mystery, local color, romance, realism, surrealism, postmodernism–but the chief idea is to make something new, and along these lines the illusion of something new can be just as important. If a story or poem makes someone say, “Yes, but what is it?” then it’s right for Emanations. Essays should be exuberant, daring, and free of pedantry. Stories of unusual travels might fit well in VI.  Length is a consideration in making publication decisions, but in keeping with the spirit of the project contributors should consider length to be “open.”

Our editorial vision is evolving. Contributors should see themselves as actively shaping the “vision” of Emanations.

Send files with brief cover note to Carter Kaplan:
IAsubmissions@hotmail.com
Deadline: September 1, 2016
Please visit the website for full details.

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