Category Archives: conversations

Beginning a New Year: Three Dreams and A Poem

Posted on March 26, 2012 by randomyriad

  1/2/2012 Part I Dream Conversation: “Someone who was really good with candles,” the round headed man said trying to convince me that he had no agenda. Sly sideways glances told me he was after something he didn’t want me … Continue reading →

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Late October: Dreams and Poems and Busyness

Posted on February 21, 2012 by randomyriad

At the end of October, I kept myself busy. I began attending a writers group, working on my second draft of my first NaNoWriMo novel while I was preparing for the next NaNoWriMo, outlining connections between characters and places on … Continue reading →

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The End of August: 2 Dreams, 3 Poems and Some Things in Between.

Posted on January 18, 2012 by randomyriad

8/9   Dream: From the dirt road,  I steer a car sliding into the drive sideways. As it slows I leap from the seat. Hearing my daughter’s cries echo deep from a half-full pale, I pull her out. Her head disfigured, … Continue reading →

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2011 in review: Dreams in Early August

Posted on January 17, 2012 by randomyriad

“You think people are silly to believe in ghosts?” An old man had asked Fred Foley a long time ago. “You should hear some of the things that ghosts believe in!” R.A. Lafferty, Fourth Mansions 8/3 Characters from a Dream … Continue reading →

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Words Are Where the Hate Goes to Hide.

Posted on November 5, 2011 by randomyriad

STUDENTS REPEAT A POEM‘S SLURS, SURPRISING THE POETS AND AN ELITE BRONX SCHOOL The poetry assembly on Tuesday morning at the Horace Mann School, in the Bronx, was meant to be provocative. The visiting poets who led it asked students … Continue reading →

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