“My Father” by Charles Bukowski

If you read a poem without knowing who wrote it, you’re only reading a tiny fraction of the work, be it haiku or epic. I’m not talking about knowing the poet’s mere name – I’m talking about the human being; the entire force of life that ultimately pressed itself through fine mesh filters of self-consciousness […]

“Suicide Off Egg Rock” by Sylvia Plath

This site’s primary purpose is to serve as a portfolio. The secondary purpose is to blog; to get myself writing at least a few times a week. Obviously, we’re off to a slow start, so I’m implementing a new weekly category called Tea & Poetry Tuesday. It sounds luxurious to me because I love both […]

“Hollow” by Alice in Chains: Video Analysis

Alone or in groups, people can always find ways to deprive and destroy themselves. Last Thursday, Alice in Chains released the official video for “Hollow,” the first single off their upcoming album. Directed by Robert Schober, it’s a creepy sci-fi story about isolation that plays up the oppressive sense of abandonment composed by Jerry Cantrell […]

Return to Fallen London

“London’s falling underground, underground, underground…” The cheery urchin sings as he walks down a side of the shadow-black street. Not trusting the children of Veilgarden as it is, the loud display pushes everyone further on edge. Though we know that such confusion is the aim of marauders, some of us are unable to resist. Some […]

Soundgarden, “King Animal”

“You can’t go home, no, I swear you never can,” Chris Cornell sings right off the bat: the first words off Soundgarden’s first album since 1996. Honestly? I’m glad we got that out of the way. It had to be on the minds of everyone who flipped their shit when they heard Soundgarden was getting […]