Category: Allēna’s Posts
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I played around with a new form of poetry today at workshop.
This was the result: It’s called a Giotto. I slightly modified the format, though. I also scored a ukulele at this pay what you can rummage sale by singing for it. Her name is Cecilia. It’s been a good day so far. -Allēna
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I had a wheelchair outing today.
Emerson and I figured out that my wheelchair collapses and we went to the orchid exhibit at the Milwaukee Domes. I did not get an orchid, but I did get a teeny tiny succulent 💛 He then set me loose on the way back to the car and I zoomed through the parking lot to…
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Update on the Charlie Kirk investigation.
So it turns out that there WERE engravings on the ammunition used to assassinate Charlie Kirk, Utah governor Spencer Cox confirmed today, and there is a suspect in custody. His name is Tyler Robinson. I’ve seen a lot of posts claiming he is a Republican, but that’s just a rumor as far as I can…
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My analysis of the Charlie Kirk assassination so far.
As many of you may know, far right wing talking head Charlie Kirk was assassinated yesterday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. I have as much empathy for this man as he publicly stated he had for others, but that isn’t the purpose of this post. I’m here today to break down what we…
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With my back being fucky, it’s given me a lot of time to think.
There isn’t a lot I can do at present except stay in bed most of the time even if I would otherwise have the energy to move around and do things. When I do attempt to get out of bed and do things, my spine and hips start to scream again and that isn’t a…
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Because this bit of Family Lore truly deserves to be preserved for posterity. One time my maternal grandfather nearly burnt down a church. This was an impressive feat, considering the church was, if I had to guess, a quarter mile away? However, my granddad is un fucking hinged and loves to burn trash, regardless of…
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Thinking zine thoughts…
I’m slowly getting to work on my next poetry zine. It’s shaping up to be a larger one, somewhere along the size and scale of Field Notes From a Colder Time or Easy to Hate Like Everything You Love. I don’t have a working title yet and frankly I don’t want to rush one or…
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I wrote this poem at roughly 5:30, 6 o’ clock this morning.
It’s called “love letter to the predawn hours”. at this time of day I could be anything as the inky blue remainder of the nightholds me like a child. instead, I find I want to be nothing and everything but myself. I only pray I spend it welland that I am good company. not angry,…
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I saw this post yesterday.
I have some things to say about it. Fuck the hardliners, as long as you’re doing your best to be a decent human being, all progress is good progress and the best praxis is to start right now with exactly what you have. There is no single definition of what being a “good leftist” looks…
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I tried (another) experiment today.
I took half a magnesium supplement again and my body had a… typical reaction? I did this because I noticed that my heart was hurting last night for some strange reason, and in most people, magnesium evens out heart rate and calms them down. I’ve been worried about having another cardiac event since my last…