Tag: surrealism
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July 02, 2008 11:49 AM EDT --
Alone by Edgar Allan Poe
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring. . . . more
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August 05, 2006 06:19 PM EDT --
My only advice for Mel is to flog himself. Rigorous self-mortification of the flesh, like self-flagellation, will bring him closer to the pain of Christ and lead him to purification and final deliverance. . . . more
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July 08, 2008 09:38 PM EDT --
Stars sparkle on in nights of the past
Encouraging dreams we hoped would last
Planets revolve around fiery sun
We are born
We . . . more
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October 25, 2006 09:18 PM EDT --
I realized I was going blind for the first time when I started seeing things in the dark…. Things that couldn't have existed….. Like a figurine of love, a dead eagle on my window-sill and . . . more
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March 14, 2007 12:41 AM EDT --
It looks like me,
sounds like me,
and may often consume me,
though I assure you,
it is not me.
It may speak for me,
think for me,
and may even act for me,
but I promise you,
it is not . . . more
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March 17, 2007 01:12 AM EDT --
Rotting in prison, here I shall stay;
cold, cramped, and dark in this lonely cell.
Visitors come, but I usually run them away;
no one should see me in this hell.
. . . more
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September 02, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
The curtain is up but the stage is dark and those in front rows can see that it is also empty. Slowly, in response to an impatient clap, (for we are late) a light begins to brighten, developing slowly . . . more
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July 30, 2006 02:01 PM EDT --
...red spots develop under my cheeks, and as I powder them they become raised wheels, one on each side, which the thick powder whitens, six spokes, a central hub and an outer wheel, a relief scultpure . . . more
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March 15, 2007 01:49 AM EDT --
A dark cloud looms overhead casting an ominous shadow;
a shadow which seems to haunt my mind unforgivably.
Outdoors or in, there is no escape from this persistent black halo;
try as I might, . . . more
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June 10, 2008 12:56 PM EDT --
This article was inspired by the flood in Danielle P.'s basement! Thanks Dani....
I'm a pilgrim on the edge, . . . more
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August 13, 2007 03:46 AM EDT --
She had choked her death.
The breath of angels brought her joy.
The boy who kissed her feet
And broke her heart, bled his tears
In after years and wasted in a poky hole
Where light was rare and life was . . . more
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August 14, 2007 02:00 AM EDT --
Here is but all dreams love
The counting house of loss and gain
The nightly girls of powdered nose
And joyous frame who touch no name
And round shouldered fellows
Who, having tongued their . . . more
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January 30, 2008 05:42 PM EST --
This was my second reading of Nadja. The first time, I read it looking for fiction inspired by cities. I expected, and found, a story about Paris. The narrator's mad desire for Nadja who is herself . . . more
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May 04, 2008 02:40 AM EDT --
A GATHER-ing of Advanced Articles on Surrealism
The Influence of Surrealism on Contemporary Artist Damien Hirst
A wonderful . . . more
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July 16, 2006 06:38 PM EDT --
The evil tomato is native to the American continent. It was first cultivated by the blood drinking, cannibalistic Aztecs, who used it as ketchup for their human BBQs. The expression "Bite me!" . . . more
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June 23, 2007 04:16 PM EDT --
A while back, I was asked by one of my fellow "Gatherers" to expound on a technique that I call "patterned silouhette fill" that I use in Paint Shop Pro (by Corel, formerly by "Jasco", . . . more
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September 04, 2006 02:09 PM EDT --
In London, England you will find the Dali Museum, where the works of the famous Spanish artist Salvador Dali are on display. You will find hundreds of sketches, illustrations and paintings by this amazing . . . more
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February 21, 2007 05:56 AM EST --
Stars Dying in the Valley
The light was fading
as I sat on the lip of the chasm
. . . more
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February 14, 2007 02:23 AM EST --
He was the son of his barren mother
The only child of his sister’s brother
She the daughter of his lonely years
The spit and sperm of kiss and tears,
Who, in his dreams, were master and mister, . . . more
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March 13, 2007 05:21 PM EDT --
I had my periodic three-month dental cleaning this morning. It was a different hygienist this time; she was attractive and I enjoyed her eye contact; very intimate!
She gave me intermittent . . . more
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