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Welcome to the Blog.
This section serves as my writing sandbox. I plan to give insight into my music, my favorite things, and driving themes I've experienced throughout my lifetime. I like to think of it as a collection of my theses and shorts, all contained in a blog format.
Alchemizing, Skill Gaps
Have you seen those fish elevators? A brief refresher: when we build dams, there’s this load of fish that need to get around them....
Amanda
4 days ago3 min read
My Tree, My Goose, and I
I saw a tree yesterday On the way home from Abington Stuck between red lights and ebbs and flows It was pink Striking and mundane Smaller...
Amanda
May 91 min read
I Spent the Day Scrubbing Paint off of My Floor
I spent the day scrubbing paint off of my floor. Rainbow of acrylic streaks. Marks near the sink, on the hardwood, on the paper towel...
Amanda
May 73 min read
Wild Horses
Sunlit panoramic, landscape painting Sprawling prairie scruff Dotted plains of mares in waiting Handpicked if they’re enough Periodical...
Amanda
Apr 112 min read
Romance as a Muse
A couple of summers ago, I met this guy. He was Greek. We split a bottle of red wine on a balcony and I told him it was hot that he was...
Amanda
Mar 264 min read
Digital Panopticon
We know that the internet is a place, because we go there. Clock into your daily shift. Key card in the form of a password. Welcome to...
Amanda
Mar 172 min read
Bowers
I pull up next to the apartment. It looks more like a small town home- the type with painted shutters. It snowed yesterday, and our...
Amanda
Feb 203 min read
Your Daughter, Violet
One blue reading chair sat by the window Sun streaming in, outside weeping willows The family is frigid, not much is spoken She stays...
Amanda
Feb 12 min read
Piano Man Rehash
Glossed oak, green walls on a Friday night A couple of men playing darts One woman is seated just feet from them She feels her world...
Amanda
Jan 281 min read
Real and Imagined
I have a rough time with imagined institutions. I notice this especially with self-inflicted ones: routine, for example. I think about...
Amanda
Jan 85 min read
Tina
You watch as I scan over the plane’s seating. One plus of being a solo traveller on Southwest Airlines: Inevitably, there will be a...
Amanda
Dec 11, 20244 min read
Outgrown
Sharpie smudge on the Old House’s kitchen wall I got in trouble for that one I didn’t know pencil marks were standard practice And a few...
Amanda
Nov 20, 20241 min read
Dreams
I sit in my room and I stare at the wall. Now what. To me, unprecedented magnitude. I know I’m not wise I’m not seasoned with age I’m not...
Amanda
Nov 17, 20242 min read
How to Disappear Completely
Fall is my favorite season, and Halloween is my favorite holiday. I was born November 2nd, and it feels purposeful. I came to be in the...
Amanda
Oct 15, 20244 min read
Noble Lies and Geist
I found an old journal of mine a while ago. Fourth grade booklet, spiral bound. “I wonder where I came from,” I wrote. “If I were to...
Amanda
Sep 18, 20244 min read
Barbara
Do I remind you of that friend from high school you’ve run into on the street yet? “Oh hey! It’s been forever… What’s new?” And then you...
Amanda
Aug 13, 20244 min read
Crate of Clementines
My head is a crate of clementines One tumbles in, another out I think my color is shifting to magenta Or burgundy or brown. I read my old...
Amanda
Apr 21, 20241 min read
Wetlands
The sky opens up I can finally inhale again The trees are sparse and the atmosphere takes a breath This marsh looks an awful lot like...
Amanda
Apr 21, 20241 min read
Good Luck Entry
I fell asleep in the New York Public library Probably not the first I flipped through the pages of pretentious poetry Feigned...
Amanda
Apr 1, 20241 min read
The Love Never Leaves
Have you heard “A Day in the Life” by the Beatles? There is so much to love about that song. One of my favorites of all time. There’s...
Amanda
Mar 1, 20244 min read
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