2011 — The Monarch Review — Page 13
Offer What You Have – Evan Flory-Barnes
Friday, May 27, 2011 12:53 — 0 Comments
Sitting on a train going across the country is a perfect way to settle back into being in the states. It feels good to be back home. I love America and I always have. The trip to Ethiopia and Kenya gives me a profound sense of gratitude for every aspect of my life here, particularly my relationships and the acknowledgment of the abundances within and outside. I know love and I am loved by some remarkable and beautiful people. I love my city of Seattle, and I love the world around me. Rooting in this, like rooting in the Self, […]
Salt Wife Within – Rachel Welty
Thursday, May 26, 2011 14:14 — 1 Comment
Her weird bride’s tiny body once lay bent inside a shell,
Insanity, Part One – Lilyyy Dawn
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 14:20 — 0 Comments
I like to have a task that keeps me busy. If I’m doing things then my mind doesn’t have any time to wander. When it does, it gets lost. It really scares me. I worry like the mother of a 4-year old who just got lost in the city. When I finally find my mind, I scream at it, smack it around. Any security turns the other way. A blind glaze comes over my eyes. I am paranoid blood will drip out my ears. He came to my house at nine in the morning asking for his winter hat. […]
114 Tamarack Street – Randall Ingram
Monday, May 23, 2011 14:12 — 0 Comments
Tell me again why you brought me here.
Captain Procrastination – Jenny Billings Beaver
Thursday, May 19, 2011 14:14 — 0 Comments
Zack, my favorite slacker
In The Thick Of It – Evan Flory-Barnes
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 14:36 — 0 Comments
Here we are, nearing the end of the Ethiopia part of this journey. Today we play a private party at the Sheraton Hotel here in Addis owned by one of the richest men in the world. Tomorrow we leave for Nairobi, Kenya to play. On the 23rd we head back to Addis for a quick day then back stateside. This trip, I have been a sponge. So many experiences, so many subtleties. I feel the fruits of it will surface stateside and I can feel them in this moment. As far as The Monarch Review music project is concerned we […]
Corina – Sean Walsh
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 14:31 — 0 Comments
Once school let out for the summer I started working the same shifts as Corina. We went to the same high school, but before I got the job at MJ’s Grocery I had never noticed her. She was going to be a senior next fall, a year ahead of me. One morning I was stocking bags of dog food in the pet care aisle when she came in for her shift. She was carrying a little purse with green flowers on it and her brown hair was in a ponytail. She walked up behind me. “Those aren’t too heavy for […]
On the City Trail – Jed Myers
Monday, May 16, 2011 14:17 — 0 Comments
As we pass, the broken ones’
I Want You – James Valvis
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 14:34 — 2 Comments
I want you, he said. Well, she said, I want you too. I want you now, he said. We have to wait, she said. I hate waiting, he said. Waiting is good for the soul, she said. Why is waiting good for the soul? he said. Because, she said. I really want you, he said. I really want you too, she said. We have a lot in common, he said. Yes, she said, we do. I feel like I’ve known you my whole life, he said. Me too, she said. What does that mean? he said. It’s your poetry I […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
