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weariness | weariness

michael-seidel's picture
Dec.06.2012
The alarm arrives too early.   Weariness saturates my limbs.  Lips feel dry and cracked, throat closed with dust.  I'm suffering a hangover.  Too much writing, not enough sleep.   A nap right then would have been nice. Bracing for the day, I think, "No fear, no doubt, no...
michael-seidel's picture
Dec.05.2012
You know, I can see why people contemplate suicide.   I even can see why they just flee, take off, create a new life.   I can understand why some decide to live outside of suicide, as hermits, or homeless and on the streets, coping day by day. You look at the horizon and there's no change...
michael-seidel's picture
Sep.27.2012
Hey Mister President, Mister Nominee. Hello, all you pundits, pollsters and experts. You want to know about the state of America? I have a one stop appraisal opportunity for you.  Just go to the land of low, low prices, WalMart. I'm not a WalMart fan. For a place known for low prices, surveys...
michael-seidel's picture
Jul.14.2012
After some time of contentment and balancing, I find myself feeling frayed. Sacrafices must be made and they must be mine. Small sacrafices, time, energy, privacy, self.  Wife has projects and she stresses. She verbalizes when she stresses and wants my assistance and imput, and then must...
jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Apr.19.2010
I have been awake since six-thirty reading essays.  At this point, I wonder how anyone makes any sense at all.  How is it that writing can actually work?  How can a sentence like this actually exist: In modern days, television influences our lives as we expose to the television programs. Now, put...
jennifer-kathleen-gibbons's picture
Oct.02.2008
Lately I've tried to be positive. This has not been easy.Lately everything seems out of whack, and sometimes I wonder um, does anyone notice what's going on? Or is it just me? Tuesday I went to see my friend Lilly Marie at her apartment in Berkeley. She's settled in pretty well and she likes her...