Category: Commentary
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Guest Reviewer: Jane Freese
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Abyssinia, Jill Rush poems by David Herrle Herrle’s poetry swims through feelings and memories of a girl from his childhood, the merciless ticking of watches, hair that flows and grows, failure, tears, death, the bustle of cities, silent paintings, the shadows of classic movie stars, laughter — and rain. Abyssinia,…
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On Buster Keaton
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View Buster Keaton Tribute I can’t say when it happened but it did. We were both won over. Over the months, after introducing Jane to Keaton’s “The General” which she enjoyed immensely, laughing heartedly at Keaton’s athleticism and overall kineticism, we began to explore his other films. By the way, no one…
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Waiting for Messages from the Unconscious
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I am sitting here, waiting, registering myself, thinking, wondering what will ooze forth. Lately I’ve been having the uncomfortable sense that many of my stories sent to online literary editors, probably from ages 25 to 45, may not relate to the kind of stories I write. It is a false fear, I…
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The Expedited Age (copyright pending)
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Cameras have played a minuscule part of my life, but they have held my interest as a father and individual over the decades. I wrote an extendeded essay, “Cameras as Remembrances of Things Past,” which can be read on Subtletea.com, David Herrle, editor. It spoke of the cameras I’ve had…