Maybe it’s because I daydream a lot that I fell in love with, well not actually a few men, but rather having crushes on them. My girl in college, a psychology major, laughed when I tried to explain the psychology behind the crushes. Maybe you will too. But I think everybody needs a real crush; [...]
Author: darlene anita scott
...yeah, the one you met the other day in the grocery store. She made you wanna say something to her. You did. And now you can’t remember her name. But that wasn’t really the important part of the meeting anyway.
I'm an excellent tryer and dedicated if not so-so runner. I’m probably too old to still play on the monkey bars. But I do. Maybe too young to groove to Sam Cooke. But I listen to him. I'm powered by plants, a pacemaker, and anything creative.
I like making collages, making up my mind and sticking to it, and making up recipes; almost anything by James Baldwin; almost anything with black beans in it; and probably more than is healthy for the average human: I like alone time and homemade popcorn—not necessarily together.
I daydream constantly. I write poetry and prose. Sometimes I teach it to people. Sometimes I read or recite it to people. And even less often I publish it.
I could be more tolerant of overpriced grapes, people who drive with parking lights on, and deafening car stereos.
I like to laugh but don’t do it as often as I should. Some people think I'm shy. Some think I'm a mute. I'm happy to be here and try to make the most of it.
It’s Ain’t Where Ya From, It’s Where Ya At
It was an 80's hip hop song, and the line was right where the beat stopped (or so I play it in my head), so that it was delivered acapella: It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at... So the English teacher in me sees all kinds of wrong in the statement, but that [...]
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Between the Lines
Between the lines is white space. That’s all. The lines tell the story. The gaps give you space to figure it out. From high school and university “explications,” I got the idea that literature was obscure and confusing. That writers deliberately wrote in layers to be picked apart. The perception had a lot to do [...]
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The Stats in Real Time
If you read my Monthly Meter then here's a chance to see some of those stats face to face: http://www.torchpoetry.org/08%20Spring/darlenescott.htm
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Dismissed
Disclaimer #:1 This post is very idealistic. If you feel like being cynical, please turn the page and most importantly do not post a comment stating your skepticism. I will delete it. That is my first disclaimer. If you continue reading, please note that you've been duly warned. Disclaimer #2: I am a very idealistic [...]
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If You Can’t Say Nothing Nice…
As my Mom would complete the sentence--it was one of her favorites--with then don't say nothing at all, there would be an explosion of rolling eyes, the trip wire of poked out lips begging to be tripped into a pscht of sucked teeth, and series of just audible enough to reasonably believe the guilty party's [...]
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Monthly Meter
Photo: Slig77 DeviantArt.com My log for the month of May: Writing/Residency/Fellowship Submissions: 1 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Acceptances: 1 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Rejections: 2 Secret Shame: Not getting out of bed until 9 a.m. (sometimes later) and watching lots of mindless television into the wee hours. Books: 0 (Because that would take time away from watching Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee, and Hell [...]
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Baby Talk
My friend calls me Super Auntie because I have a gang of "stories" about the Babies; that is, the 8 little and not so little ones who call me "aunt" (if only on holiday cards). I like them. They're cool kids; beautiful and imperfect and energetic and growing faster than I can keep up with sizes and interests. I've [...]
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Monthly Meter
Photo: Slig77 DeviantArt.com My log for the month of April: Writing/Residency/Fellowship Submissions: 0 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Acceptances: 1 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Rejections: 1 Secret Shame: Asparagus in my eggs. And...Spinach smoothies. Sure it sounds fit for a tofu-toting vegan--which I am not although I have a great affinity for vegan recipes such as this week's vegan german chocolate cake, but lest I [...]
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Hey music lovers…
I have a propostion for you--my third born (the others have already been promised to lenders and the like)--for information on a song that I only heard once and cannot get out of my head. I think it's Cannonball Adderly but cannot find any evidence to corroborate that. It's got a really hot, kinda pensive bass [...]
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