I recall dark grey waves, their ebb and flow against the receding line of separation between sea and land, the sideways sweeping of crabs on the soggy grains of salt and sand that melted together with the saturation of the water. As we left the dock, the water grew progressively darker, moving from mute twining greys to more refined, … Continue reading Whale Watching
Month: May 2015
Soundtrack of the Summer
This past weekend's final round of college graduations has come and passed, meaning three things are occurring in parks, streets and other public spaces: tank tops are in style again along with obnoxious "sun's out, guns out" and "sportin' chest, feelin' blessed" mantras, high schoolers are complaining on Twitter about how excited they are for … Continue reading Soundtrack of the Summer
Motorcycle Poetry (An Introduction to Yeats)
By the second semester of my Freshman year at SUNY Cortland, I was done with the first great romantic infatuation of my life (sort of), had found the friends I’d spend the rest of my college years with, and had a vague idea that there was something I found deeply meaningful about storytelling, philosophy and … Continue reading Motorcycle Poetry (An Introduction to Yeats)