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Don’t Wander Off

One of the most predictable moments in every piece of fantasy fiction: the characters are told to stick to the path. Oh, dear – guess what happens next.

Posted byMarushkaMay 24, 2020May 24, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:fantasy, fiction, narrative, path, plot, Poetry, trope2 Comments on Don’t Wander Off

Incomplete

What does it mean to complete your work? Or rather – what does it mean to undertake your work, when you are aware that it may remain incomplete?

Posted byMarushkaMay 19, 2020May 19, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Barbara Kingsolver, death, eternity, incomplete, Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths, life, Poetry, The Secret Miracle, tomorrow5 Comments on Incomplete

In The End –

In the end, it was backwards all along.

Posted byMarushkaMay 14, 2020May 14, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:fish, plot, Poetry, question, story, storytelling, unknown2 Comments on In The End –

Vanishing Point

Expanse like the generous horizon, spring of miles and space…

Posted byMarushkaMay 11, 2020May 8, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:drawing, goals, horizon, perspective, Poetry, sight, vanishing point2 Comments on Vanishing Point

The Great Wall of Text

If I can say less – why fight it?

Posted byMarushkaMay 4, 2020April 29, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:communication, editing, Poetry, writing, writing tips9 Comments on The Great Wall of Text

Let Us Be As Time Of Rest

Let us be as time of rest, time of day when sleep is at hand.

Posted byMarushkaMay 3, 2020April 30, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:comfort, forgetting, love, Poetry, reassurance, rest, sleepLeave a comment on Let Us Be As Time Of Rest

If I Mapped The Places

If I mapped the places, would I understand?

Posted byMarushkaMay 2, 2020April 29, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:home, map, mapping, PoetryLeave a comment on If I Mapped The Places

Fifty Full Pages

Lament for a senior thesis. Need I say more?

Posted byMarushkaMay 1, 2020April 29, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:academic writing, failure, growth, learning, mistake, persistence, Poetry, thesis, writing13 Comments on Fifty Full Pages

Hemingway Smile

Learn to say the truth of a thing – that is all.

Posted byMarushkaApril 30, 2020April 29, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:art, Earnest Hemingway, Galileo, life, Poetry, science, story, Truth, writingLeave a comment on Hemingway Smile

Silver Towards Salt

“That liquefaction of her clothes” – a different understanding of a poem I’ve always loved.

Posted byMarushkaApril 29, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:ecology, estuary, Poetry, river, Robert HerrickLeave a comment on Silver Towards Salt

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