Rarasaur

LATEST ARTICLES ( 912 )

• Reading

  

  Can I finish a draft in ten minutes? Can I start a new post? Should I find something old and just re-share it, or does that break the spirit of this... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fancy Nights

  

  My favorite perfume sinks into my skin like a snowflake. It smells like the city at three in the morning- tall skyscrapes and neon moongods and the husky solos... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• the Fear

  

  I run into open arms, caught, captured, held for a second, before we both fall to the floor. Your knees; skinned by my momentum. Your body; bruised by my weight... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• the Fear

  

  I run into open arms, caught, captured, held for a second, before we both fall to the floor. Your knees; skinned by my momentum. Your body; bruised by my weight... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Holding Violets

  

  I sniff words the way other people sniff flowers. Roses can be red, but not read. Violets are rarely blue, but most of us can't say the same. I still cry, like... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• the Floor is

  

  When I was a kid, I was ready for lava. I would leap from chair to table, rescuing my home from its ashen fate in the heated unstoppable ooze. It was a game,... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hair

  My hair is in a mask tonight- a warm butter massaged into my scalp. It makes the tendrils slippery-soft and coconut-scented, and slick, too slick for... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Also.

  

  I let the things I need to say sit in my throat because I think I can cough them out. I let the words I meant to give sit on my lips because I think I can kiss... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Child of Voices

  

  My voice is pencil, child of trees. Something that sheds, and still remains. My voice is pencil, child of carbons. Something worth mining. My voice is pencil. I... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Notes to Self, While on Keto

  

  If I've had a single pour of whisky, I am drunk. 2. Pouring oil into coffee is something straight out of a horror movie. Expect stares. Smile. The least I can d... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Leave a Message

  Sometimes I feel like I've used up all my second chances. From you, from the universe. I'm honestly not sure why I'm still here. Do you believe in sixtieth... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sips of Intent

  

  Originally Posted at The Seekers Dungeon. I'm re-posting here in an attempt to get this house in order, and to remind myself about the power of intent. I... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Everywhere Else

  

  I've been dream-blogging lately. In my dream the other night, I went to church. I haven't been since prison, unless you count the many memorials and funeral... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seven: Terrible Beasts

  Terrible beasts, they say, too busy struggling, too busy fighting, didn't see the sky was lighting up around them. Didn't hear the end was calling. Didn't hear... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Six: Infinitive Infinity

  To go to the end of the world, and back again to the beginning. To live larger on the inside, and carry secrets at your core. To fling your way through time... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• on This Day

  

  On this day, three years ago, I posted the first blog post I had written since coming home from prison: this is not a test. Yes. Three years ago. I can't believ... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Five: 2018 U.s. Immigration Policy

  My mother tells a story about a child's shirt she once saw, ripped in the back, dotted in blood. She says... La Llorona stole the boy wearing it. La Llorona,... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Five: 2018 U.s. Immigration Policy

  My mother tells a story about a child's shirt she once saw, ripped in the back, dotted in blood. She says... La Llorona stole the boy wearing it. La Llorona,... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Four: Love in Rhyme

  I am seven-years-old. My teacher is reading my story to my new classroom, my words to their first audience. She has the same birthday as myself. I know because... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three: Offline Breakup

  Feeds rest on interest, the mutual gaze, voyeur mode: capturing who we rapture to give us audience, seizing who pleases to give us show. The comments and... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2018 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION