Tag Archives: My Museum of Inspiration

65 million years away

Posted on October 12, 2014 by randomyriad

God is 65 million years away. Looking into a telescope at earth, he sees dinosaurs. EJ Koh: from the poem “Pledge of Elegance” I don’t know exactly what she means by this but today, when I read it, my mind … Continue reading →

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We Are All Strangers, We Are All Learning to Be Human: Short Fiction by Miranda July

Posted on February 17, 2014 by randomyriad

I just finished reading “No one belongs here more than you” by Miranda July. These stories, written in a naïve style much like Richard Brautigan but with Raymond Carver’s perceptive gaze, are about the desperation and exasperation of isolated human beings, as … Continue reading →

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Stumbing Over This and Landing On That

Posted on February 2, 2014 by randomyriad

For the last year and who knows how long before I have been floundering around trying to figure out what the heck I will do with the chunk of life, I have left to live here in the wilderness of … Continue reading →

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By the Way, We Are All Worm Food in the End. Just Sayin.

Posted on December 4, 2012 by randomyriad

Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull by George Gordon Byron   Start not-nor deem my spirit fled: In me behold the only skull From which, unlike a living head, Whatever flows is never dull. I lived, I loved, … Continue reading →

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A Work in Progress #5: Somewhere East of the City

Posted on November 6, 2012 by randomyriad

As I was not able to meet my friend the next day, I remember a conversation with a shaggy young grad student who had cornered me at an informal literary  function. “Man, you gotta get out in the country around … Continue reading →

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