Here are a few songs I’ve been listening to since Summer started for me (about a month ago). Featuring artists/bands: Girlpool, Slutever, Death from Above 1979, Hasley, IAN SWEET, Dilly Dally, Colleen Green information/video sources: wikipedia.org and youtube.com Death from Above 1979 (song: White is Red) Girlpool (song: It gets more blue) …
Freehand Poem #26: Working to Survive
I’ve been thinking about issues such as minimum wage and the wage gap for women lately. This is some scribblings in response. Worn out and torn up. The skin begins to crease, in lines of worry, lines of hunger and fear. We are trodden on, under foot as they walk all over us. How…
Coming Soon! Book Review: The Complete Poems of Ernest Hemingway
HELLO! This is just a brief announcement that I am working on a reflection on the book of poems that I just recently finished. (image: amazon.com) The Complete Poems of Ernest Hemingway In my reflection I will be discussing my favorite poems in the collection and why. I am also thinking of comparing a few…
Freehand Poem #25
Rainy weather this week in SLC. I love it! Finally some relief from all that heat! Your words drop like ice against my skin. Forcing your way into the creases of my heart, trying to find any way in. Hoping I will crack, and break. Hoping that I will become weak and give in….
When Words Lose Meaning: Flash Fiction Series #3
Here is a rough version of a Flash Fiction piece I am working on. approx. word count: 130 When Words Lose Meaning by Alina Happy Hansen His eyes are black, she drones on, picking up her wine glass. Sips and mutters something under her breath. Her beauty blossoms in the candlelight but her…