1. n. "image-breaking," from the Greek eikōn, meaning image or likeness, and klāsis, the act
standstills memory,
My mouth to your mouth to your eye to the green of March’s
There are a few things one should know about holy land.
The shell was empty but perfectly shaped
Lipstick weighs down on my lips by the fifth hour.
Only write about fingertips and rivers and Christmas lights.
For years my last resort has been a dull Swiss Army knife—
How life grows out of fiction
Behind them it was open. Not wide, but still open. But an
with eyes blinded and arms out in front of myself to try and sense the way toe tapping puddles elbow scrapes ancient words that
George Washington didn’t have a middle name and never went to college. He never got to go study in London, but he was an
after Adrienne Rich
I was paid to watch. So I watched. I watched, a little dreary-eyed, while the light from the television covered the room in
He squared his shoulders, took a deep breath, and looked into his son’s eyes. Be safe is what he wanted to say, but before
“‘Burn sacrifices once a year to magic
Let’s get to what this is really about: three sounds.
My wife Vivian inherited this strange ashtray from her grandparents: it has a rocky black surface, and it looks like those
I could see a perfect summer day outside the stained glass windows at St. Paul’s. Mass was dragging on and on, as