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[u] and other poems // Harrison Wade

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Harrison lives in Toronto and writes poems, stories and movie reviews.

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From 2020, 2nd Volume of HAGMAG https://hagmag.bigcartel.com 

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The Letters look out at the Teddybear Picnic // Ezra Fleisch

It is upon a silk thread that I weave my words

Row upon row that I sling aimlessly across

Bridges to nowhere

Bridges going knowwhere?

An arc of memories burns crisp through an expert’s eyes

Shriveling up “creativity” with the greatest of ease.

The frayed letters drift away, freed from the amateur bounds

of one so young, one so unknowing.

Do you know where the letters live?

Do you?

Have you seen how they swim wild and free, leaping fragments  without restriction

Can our eyes, amateur to paragon, comprehend the abundance

Of the lack of need for a meaning

The lack of need for an answer

The lack of a rhythmic heartbeat.

So let the bridges burn, and let the words be free

Let the tapestries of ordered thinking be torn down,

And make us face the bare wall.

Make us face the unordered, uncharacterized madness that we try to unmadden.

And then the paragon will weep

And the amateur will weep

And all will fall to ruin

But the river will flow on

And the amateur’s eyes will drink the water; drink in its hard cold surface…

He will be maddened, and learn to love the wall.

He will build bridges for the cracks

And weave silk thread once again.

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Ezra Rust Fleisch is a writer and poet born in South Africa who is currently attending the University of Toronto. He enjoys writing in all forms (especially text language) and has a connoisseur's taste in memes.

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Heavenly Garden // Piradeep Ravindran

Lake of purity and divinity

Hopes and dreams in the air

The tree of sanctuary rests

Humming – a familiar tune

Behind closed eyes

The shadows of my past

Are nowhere to be seen

Beneath the pure water

The darkness emerges

Changing everything in its path

Humming the same – familiar tune

What felt like hours

Were years passing by

The tree swayed back and forth from the wind

Painting vividly in the night blue sky

Sitting down by the tree, I close my eyes

The shadow dissolves in the thin brisk air

As the water returns to its original state

I thank nature for this heavenly garden

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Piradeep Ravindran is a 20 year old studying graphic design. His hobbies include playing video games, writing poetry, and doing photography on the side. He hopes to become a game designer one day while continuing his passion for poetry.

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Transformation Tuesday: Destiny's Child

by Hag Mag

Last week we saw what nearly twenty years of success had done for Mariah. But this week we’re going to speed things up a bit. In a mere seven years, Destiny’s Child took their video game from cheesy set and bad makeup, to executive desert realness.

No No No Part. 2, Released January 7th, 1998.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juqws1LIH-I

Carter 2 U, Released June 14th, 2005

But really all that matters is that Beyoncé knows how to flip hair like a pro, but her ‘backup dancers’ can’t quite get there.

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Beautiful Strangers

by Hag Mag

Do you ever see those guys on the street or on the subway who just catch your eye? The beautiful men who dress well and look so put together? The guys who you look up and down and say to yourself “He could get it”. We all see these guys, and the secret to their allure? It’s simpler than you’d think. They’re keeping their mouths shut. Nothing can spoil the fantasy of a perfect man like him opening his mouth. This is why so many pretty-boys are so popular on Instagram, because nobody is hearing them talk. The majority of people in the world tend to say stupid things, and the majority of men in the world do not have the alluring buttery deep voices that you would expect them to. On the flip side, intelligent and well-spoken men are attractive for that aspect alone, and good looks only add to their allure. But maybe you’re not so confident in your own linguistic ability. Worry not, just dress well and close your mouth. Before you know it, guys will be directing their day-dreaming gazes towards you too.

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The Above Video, Mariah Carey’s “Vision of Love” was release on May 15th, 1990

Now see what twenty years and a lot of budgetary increases can do for a diva’s music videos: Transformation Tuesday

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Buy It Now: Fisherman Sweaters!

by Hag Magnet

In the winter of 2012, I spent a month in Paris and fisherman sweaters were everywhere (especially turtlenecks). This past winter they’ve been showing up all over New York as well! I’ve seen them on gorgeous twenty-somethings in the East Village and gorgeous forty-somethings in the West village, on students uptown and fashionistos downtown. They are It, and now is the time to buy! At this point, many will be on sale, or showing in second-hand stores, and yet we can still anticipate enough cold in the future to justify the purchase. New York Magazine did a great article on them, cementing their stylish status, and everyone from Zara ($40) to The Row ($4,490) has produced their own version.

You can find some online still at J. Crew, Steven Allan, and Pringle of Scotland (if you’re feeling spendy).