(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare Titus comes back a hero. Like, full parade, medals, cheers — war won, hometown proud. He’s the kind of dad who’s all about honour and old-school rules. The city makes him feel like the main character. He sacrifices a captured prince because that’s what … Continue reading “Titus: The Ultimate Clapback (no chill)” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
Revisionist Poetry – “Under a White, Watching Sky – Greying Wisps, v.5
I stand hereas if placed. Not grown,not arrived,but set downin the thin silence of the fieldlike a markeror a warning. Above methe clouds driftwith the slow certainty of animalsthat know the road home. Grey.White.Grey again.A soft corruption of the blue,as though the dayhas begun to bruise. They do not hurry.That is what unsettles me. They … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “Under a White, Watching Sky – Greying Wisps, v.5
T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is one of the great American novels not merely because it records suffering, but because it transforms historical catastrophe into a moral and literary vision of national scale. Set against the Dust Bowl migration, the novel follows the Joads as they are driven from Oklahoma into California, but its … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Revisionist Poetry – “The Quiet Above” – Greying Wisps, v.4
Here, at the edge of myself,I stand and look up. Clouds loosen their pale weightacross the blue,folding and unfoldinglike slow-spoken names. A grey seam passes through them.Then white.Then a brighter openingwhere the sky shows throughas if it has been waitingall along. The noise of the daywithdraws.The ordinary worldslips a little farther away. I do not … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “The Quiet Above” – Greying Wisps, v.4
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a deceptively small book with the moral weight of a tragedy. Its scale is intimate—two migrant labourers, a few days on a ranch, a single dream repeated like a prayer—yet its implications are expansive, reaching outward to the economic desperation of the Great Depression, the fragility of masculine … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Revisionist Poetry – “Greying Wisps” – Greying Wisps, v.3
I stand stillwhere the earth holds me,and the sky opens abovelike a thought not yet spoken. Clouds drift there—grey-cuffed, white-bright,soft bodiesunfastening themselvesacross blue distance. The world lowers its voice.Even the noise of livingthins to a murmur,and I find myselfinside a hushlarge enough to hear. The clouds movewith no labor at all,as if the wind were … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “Greying Wisps” – Greying Wisps, v.3
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat is often mistaken for a light comic novel, but its apparent ease hides a more delicate design: it is a fable about friendship, poverty, appetite, and the human need to belong without being possessed. Read closely, it becomes clear that the author is doing something more than telling amusing stories about … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Revisionist Poetry – “At Eye Level with the Sky” – Greying Wisps, v.2
I stand rooted here,a small upright witnessset beneath the turning heights. Clouds drift overhead,soft as torn wool,grey combed through white,their slow shapes changingagainst the blue. From this far edge of thingsthe world grows quiet.Its grinding noisefalls awaylike dust settling in still water. The clouds pass onwithout effort,without complaint,crossing the open field of my sightas if … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “At Eye Level with the Sky” – Greying Wisps, v.2
T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Craft & Art of Bamboo: 30 Eco-Friendly Projects to Make for Home & Garden by Carol Stangler
Carol Stangler’s The Craft & Art of Bamboo: 30 Eco-Friendly Projects to Make for Home & Garden is, at heart, a book about persuasion: it asks the reader to see bamboo not as a decorative novelty, but as a living medium with history, utility, and aesthetic dignity. The revised and updated 2009 edition presents itself … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Craft & Art of Bamboo: 30 Eco-Friendly Projects to Make for Home & Garden by Carol Stangler
Revisionist Poetry – “The Grit-Singers (A Blues for the Mineral Dark)” – Ghostly Stones, v.5
The stones—They don’t just stand, they heave.Tired gods with marble jaws and spines of jagged grit,twitching in that yellow fever-light,that rot-light of afternoon and ash.See the names?Carved like hexes into the skin—that pale, dying, limestone skin.The rain has licked the letters loose.The sun has kissed the marrow to ruin.They’re keeping watch.Yeah, they’re watching the quiet … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “The Grit-Singers (A Blues for the Mineral Dark)” – Ghostly Stones, v.5
The New Renaissance Mindset 