Motivation: The Ordinary is Magical
*Listen to the sunset with your eyes. Smell the traffic, the movements (or dancing) of people and things about you, around you. Answer questions with…
Grad School Journal: Tripping
The jinx is broken. On my way home from school this evening (because CUNY has a calendar of its own, and sometimes a Thursday becomes a Monday––make up…
Diary: My Valentine’s Day
Before I got into a relationship I felt that Valentine's Day was foolish. I don't know exactly why and couldn't explain to anyone why I felt this way.…
Poetry: Paradoxes and Oxymorons by John Ashbery
This poem is concerned with language on a very plain level. Look at it talking to you. You look out a window Or pretend to fidget. You have it but you don't have it.