occasional posts by risa aratyr
If these seasonal posts prove anything, it’s that I have a penchant for poetry. For others’ poetry, I’m saying. Oh, I’ve dabbled in the art. Even written a scant handful of poems I like, and a couple I’m actually proud of. But I’m a blatherer. When I write, it’s at length. I pack my sentences … Read more Summer’s End
Marking the heart of the harvest season (in this hemisphere, at least), the autumn equinox should be our Thanksgiving holiday. That’s my contention, anyway. Apples, grapes, blackberries, beans, ‘taters-precious, summer barley all ripe for picking and reaping . . . lots to be grateful for. This is also when the Wheel turns to the dark … Read more In Lieu of a Hug
Kansas City, Missouri lies smack-dab in the middle of the contiguous United States. Well, technically, “smack dab” is about two miles northwest of Lebanon, Kansas. The spot is commemorated by a small stone monument and plaque, and noted by the town of Lebanon in quintessential, low-key Midwestern style. KCMO is 260 miles/418 km southeast of … Read more From the Heart
With a Kremlin puppet poised to move into the White House, with our beleaguered social and environmental protections already falling to the incipient Fourth Reich, with an empowered extreme-Right attacking vulnerable populations in Congress and state legislatures, and with white supremacists celebrating the demise of the only values that gave America a legitimate claim to greatness … Read more On a Personal Note
In a post a while back, I lauded the advent of the word-processor as a boon to the literary arts. It was certainly a boon to my personal literary endeavors. For me, writing and typing go hand-in-glove; having developed my composition skills in the digital realm, writing sans WP gets me nowhere. Except when I’m … Read more No soy poeta