🎙️ Hilda Doolittle’s “Oread”

Reading public domain poetry for Librivox Your browser does not support the audio element. Shared in Librivox Short Poetry Collection 213

Squash Prank

A very odd sensation: While scraping seeds and gooey fibers out from a butternut squash, a seed fell and oozed a clammy trail between two of my toes.

Routine vs. Ritual

Ritual differs from routine because of our careful presence Because of our focus Because we can feel and hear each breath and note the motion of our eyelids What shall we turn into ritual? A half asleep ride on the bus? An absent minded walk to the store? Waiting in

Into Python Needs

Written sometime around April 28, 2009 The title, “into python needs” is a quote from “Anorexic” by Eavan Boland. Stomping on the ground and wondering where the old gods have gone. Disturbing the downstairs neighbors, seeking focus in elevator gnosis, humming Tuvan monk harmonics into the spaces beneath your eyelids.