Byline: Alexandra Orbuch

Battle With Nature

A poem after Basquiat’s “The Field Next to the Other Road”

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Arizona 06/13/2011

“the flash captures/our bodies/in eternal film”

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Contrasts

“stars and stripes / color the flag of my birth country / and I am found buried in the pages / of its history”

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The Subway Car

“Jacob and / the angel / jostling in the / subway car”

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Family

“so entwined /they appeared /one fruit / blossoming from / the green earth”

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The Apotheosis of Washington

his brush-stroked / countenance / and plaster-backed / powder blue / dress coat / dragged down / into the crypt

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Telescoping Cavity

To telescope, we begin with 300 words, then slice the word count in half for each successive section. We stop when the numbers stop dividing evenly. This week, four Nass writers telescope the word “cavity.”   Charlie Nuermberger (cn0260) CW: … Read More

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Telescoping Fault

To telescope, we begin with 300 words, then slice the word count in half for each successive section. We stop when the numbers stop dividing evenly. This week, eight Nass writers telescope the word “fault.”

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Through the Haze of My Mind

One writer searches for clarity and finds mindfulness.

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Technology: A Bridge Across Continents and Oceans

“I didn’t have too much faith in technology to bridge such an enormous distance gap. There was no way that crackling audio or pixelated video could rival the warmth of human presence.”

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Once Kin

“Now / she / shrouds / her / s k e l e t o n / in / oversize / d / sweatshirts.

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Escape of the Princetonian

“If I don’t stop and take moments like this for myself, they will never take shape.”

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