IDENTIFY OR BLEND: Elements of Buddhism in the fiction of Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami is not the typical Japanese writer. His works have long been criticized for not being Japanese enough, and for the blended way in which he mixe...
Writing
POEMS BY GEORGE CASSIDY PAYNE: Nothing Scares Me More, Inside the Tent, Andromeda, Sound Waves of Absolute Zero
Nothing Scares Me More
Immortality is a
ruthless harvester
of data. Just moments
crumbling, into half-hidden
traces of prehistoric bones.Like the last remaini...
THE QUESTION OF SANTA CLAUS: I know undoubtedly he is real
At least that's what I adamantly told my peers who insisted otherwise. We were approaching that age … the age where childhood begins to fade away, giving birth ...
POEMS BY LIEZL DUFF: Not Like This, Today, Sad Goodbye, What Happened Next?
Not Like This
Take me,
Back when it was easy,
Water and wind.
You and me.
Lead me,
When doors were open,
Hearts were heard,
Words were spoken.
Love me,...
POEMS BY JOHN GREY: In This Quest to Live Forever, Marie from Kinshasa, A Good Time Is Had by All
In This Quest to Live Forever, There's Occasional Operations Involved
What do I know of my last day on Earth?
I do remember the surgeon with the very large sc...
POEMS BY RENEE PODUNOVICH: Darkening, Witness(ed), Allowing, The Self-Caring Sea
Darkening
I.Put the light out,go dark.Retreat back to the humming earth,her cloak opens to enfold youas you will unfold your subtle body ...
THE IMPORT: A day in the life of a professional football player in Germany
You won’t hear any ringing alarms in Heinrichstraße 11, Apartment 4, because neither of its two residents has any obligations to attend to this morning. So when...
LITTLE MIRACLES: She sees seashells
“Go to your room. NOW!” Mom shouted. I had just talked back to her, an out-of-character act for me. But my seventh birthday was around the corner, and it was my...
POEMS BY GEORGE CASSIDY PAYNE: Death Is Taking Off a Tight Shoe, The Holy Muscles, Do Not Google It
Death Is Taking Off a Tight Shoe
Watching old
YouTube videos,I once heard
Ram Dass say
—over coffee
in a Prague
cafe—
that death is
like taking off ...