#laura relyea

[bostonpoetryslam]

Sometimes we erect fortresses around ourselves. We build these fortresses with quiet, hard liquor and gobs of blooming lilies. They fumigate the inside of our home. I pine for a harbor where stillness is abundant and lighter than light.

Laura Relyea, "Ke$ha and I Were Raised By Wolves," published in Glitter Mob

[bibliomancyoracle]

Sometimes we erect fortresses around ourselves. We build these fortresses with quiet, hard liquor and gobs of blooming lilies. 

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from "Ke$ha and I Were Raised By Wolves" by Laura Relyea

[lifeblurbs-blog]

"Allie Bashuk has the most generous spirit of anyone. She's warm, brave and powerful. She has unicorn hair."

Laura Relyea on Allie Bashuk

[tracydimond]

Ke$ha brims with ambition. It rolls and boils over the sides of her kitten-fluttered dreams. Ke$ha, please be an unstoppable force - a volcano, a tsunami, an avalanche - pick your element, Ke$ha. Look for solutions everywhere. Solve mathematical proofs in your sleep.

from ALL GLITTER, EVERYTHING by Laura Relyea

[iheartfailure]

If you haven't gotten a copy of Laura's chapbook yet, you should. Do it here.

[iheartfailure]

Showered And Blue-Blazoned

Last night, Laura and I saw Mistaken For Strangers at the Global Peace Film Festival (which is weird that a film about The National would be part of the programming and I’m not complaining). Mistaken For Strangersis more than a film about The National,…

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[shereadsandwrites-blog]

AWP Bound

Safe travels to all of my dearest friends en route to D.C.! See you next year in Chi town. 

[shereadsandwrites-blog]

What a dream come true! The TED conference is now releasing digital books. "TEDBooks run less than 20,000 words each -- long enough to explain a powerful idea, but short enough to be read in a single sitting."