The Promise of Karaoke - Ploughshares
I know now I was grieving something , the death of an ambition. I started attending reading events at Green Apple Books, my local bookstore, because it was something I liked in grad school, and I had to get myself out of the house. Going to those events was (is) a way of traveling without moving; they have afforded me an incredibly valuable... See more
Alex Clemente P. • What Writing (and you) Have Given Me
I want to understand the what, why & how of the feeling I've gotten back, now that I have stated a writing group and have been attending poetry open mic readings. The feeling I had as the Post Legion ADJ. I mean of course it's because I apparently needed a purpose like this and something I can look forward to but also I think I must have needed to... See more
Purpose
When we are at a karaoke night, we join together in an anti-productivity, anti-efficiency, anti-perfection moment when we are all enough, exactly as we are, bum notes and all.