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Aphorisms Part 2: A PhD Story

“The truth about stories is that that’s all we are.” “Stories are wondrous things. But they are dangerous.” — Thomas King Story/Theory I I can sense your uneasiness to ask, so I’ll ask on your behalf: Why, in the context of a dismal academic job market, do a PhD — especially in…

Zizek

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Aphorisms Part 2
Aphorisms Part 2

Published in The Power of Poetry

·3 days ago

The New

A poem —

Future

1 min read

The New
The New
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

The New

A poem

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Published in The Power of Poetry

·Jun 23

(Id)leness & Pr(Es)sure

A prose poem — “What if we were to reverse this picture, so that the profound desire of the id is to sleep, and it is the superego that constantly harasses and presses for frenetic activity, with the ego caught in the middle doing its best to curb the superego’s ferocious enthusiasm (and thus…

Psychoanalysis

2 min read

(Id)leness & Pr(Es)sure
(Id)leness & Pr(Es)sure

Published in Time Kap — sule

·Jun 21

passive

a poem —

Time

1 min read

passive
passive
Photo by Korie Jenkins on Unsplash

passive

a poem

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Published in Written From The Heart

·Jun 20

What Am I?

A riddle —

Riddles

1 min read

What Am I?
What Am I?
Photo by Bruno van der Kraan on Unsplash

What Am I?

A riddle

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Published in The Power of Poetry

·Jun 13

proactive regret

a poem — need a light but don’t want it put the pen down and ponder proactive regret and so much power to dismember memories and violate honour a sober time seldom solemn scream somber and drunk on regret I haven’t felt yet capable to crush unable to love but I love so much…

The Power Of Poetry

1 min read

proactive regret
proactive regret

Published in Time Kap — sule

·Jun 8

agency

a poem —

Agency

1 min read

agency
agency
Photo by Bekir Dönmez on Unsplash

agency

a poem

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Published in Written From The Heart

·Jun 1

grad school part two

a poem — the ruins of reason resemble the catalysts of treason a freezing season but it happens for a reason rippled through my freedom the gaps play with my pleasing i’m creeping and croaking like a crow honking at the moon a goose alienated from view the scare the silent scream her highness can field my fear i’ll yield to…

Grad School

3 min read

grad school part two
grad school part two

Published in The Power of Poetry

·May 31

Someone Else’s Desk

A poem —

Education

1 min read

Someone Else’s Desk
Someone Else’s Desk
Photo by Tanner Layton

Someone Else’s Desk

A poem

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Published in The Power of Poetry

·May 30

building 505

“The scholar devotes all his energy to affirming or denying or reviewing all that has already been thought — he no longer thinks for himself… His instinct for self-defense has become brittle, otherwise he would defend himself against books. The scholar is a Decadent. …

Books

1 min read

building 505
building 505
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