In dreams, I am overrun. Not by force at first,but by manners. It arrives with its pale hatsand whispering hems,tipping itself politelythrough the corridors of my skull. “Only a little room,” it seems to say.“Only a little damp.Only a corner of your thinking.” And because it speaks so softly,I let it in. It gathers in … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “Tenant of the Dark” – Growing, v.4
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Viva Zapata! by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck’s Viva Zapata! is less a conventional biographical screenplay than a tragic meditation on power, integrity, and the corruption that attends victory. Though it dramatizes the life of Emiliano Zapata, the author is not chiefly interested in historical pageantry. He is interested in the moral problem of revolution: what happens when a righteous uprising … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Viva Zapata! by John Steinbeck
Revisionist Poetry – “Mycelium in the Mind” – Growing, v.3
In sleep I am a house gone damp. Something whitens in the darkbehind my eyes. At first it is only a haze,a moth-fine blurring of thought—then the spores take root. They move with terrible courtesy,spreading through the corridors of me,down into the hinges of my jointswhere pain begins to flower. I can feel them learning … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “Mycelium in the Mind” – Growing, v.3
T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck’s The Winter of Our Discontent is a late, bitter, and deeply searching novel, one that turns the tools of the social novel inward and asks what becomes of integrity when decency itself is treated as a liability. Set in the fictional Long Island town of New Bayport, the book follows Ethan Hawley, a … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Revisionist Poetry – “Host of Decay” – Growing, v.2
In my dreams, I wake insidea ruin that is still alive. Fungus threads through melike a patient wound. It begins in the brain—a soft blanching,a fog in the thoughts,spores settling where memory should be. Then it works downward,slowly, intimately,into the joints,into the hollow ache of bone. I feel its silent patience,its pale multiplication. It does … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “Host of Decay” – Growing, v.2
T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Pearl by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck’s The Pearl is a parable as sharp as a knife and as sombre as a verdict. On the surface, it is a simple story: Kino, a poor pearl diver, discovers an immense treasure, “the Pearl of the World,” and imagines that it will lift his family into dignity, safety, and possibility. But the … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Pearl by John Steinbeck
“Shrew Swipe: #TameTheDrama” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Okay, scene: the town of Padua Prep (think manicured lawns and too-many-club announcements). Baptista is the big-deal dad with two daughters who could not be more different: Bianca — soft-voiced, always-on-trend, the one everyone wants to DM — and Kate — … Continue reading “Shrew Swipe: #TameTheDrama” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row is one of his most deceptively modest books: a novel that seems to drift rather than drive, yet beneath its relaxed surface lies a carefully tuned meditation on community, poverty, loneliness, and grace. The author turns a working-class street in Monterey into a kind of moral ecosystem, where the “misfits,” dreamers, … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
“Titus: The Ultimate Clapback (no chill)” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
(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
The New Renaissance Mindset 