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Tag: time

“The Inhabitant of the Tower” by Taliesin Gore
Poetry

“The Inhabitant of the Tower” by Taliesin Gore

January 22, 2024December 6, 20240

“Alone, he paces from room to room,/each room a cabinet of memories,/a diorama of another life.” – excerpt from The Inhabitant of the Tower by Taliesin Gore, featuring art by Cerid Jones #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“A Danish Summer Night Spent With My Ghost” by Adam Curt Custock
Poetry

“A Danish Summer Night Spent With My Ghost” by Adam Curt Custock

September 12, 2022September 11, 20220

It’s a blue-lit Danish summer night; the calendar is nearing summer solstice; birds are singing at the ungodly hour of 3 AM. Pt. 1 blue lightblue …

Microfiction by Jennifer Novotney
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Jennifer Novotney

June 27, 2022August 27, 20231

The Art Gallery I pop into the art gallery lined with textured paintings of the seaside. The artist greets me as she works wielding a …

“The Sands of Time” by Rebecca Johnson
Poetry

“The Sands of Time” by Rebecca Johnson

September 3, 2021August 29, 20210

Amber, scarlet, gilded daffodil. All sits quiet, calm,and the sun sets as I turn to you. It takes a second but then I see a …

The Metaworker Podcast | 004 The Poetry of Kate Shannon
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 004 The Poetry of Kate Shannon

July 28, 2021February 1, 20240

Episode Description: Editors Matthew, Elena, Marina, and Darin talk to Kate Shannon about her wonderful poetry! We touch on the history of the form, some …

“Jupiter’s Raindrops” by John O’Brien
Poetry

“Jupiter’s Raindrops” by John O’Brien

June 25, 2021June 30, 20210

Jupiter’s raindrops area phenomenon thatfollows close behindmoonlight and aftersexand the sonnetof moments wherecollecting my pantsmixes deliberately withstaring and thispale shimmer ofmelancholy. This isa lesson inanger, …

“Dinnertime” by Ulyses Razo
Poetry

“Dinnertime” by Ulyses Razo

January 18, 2021September 9, 20240

Waiting for a chicken leg to broilI near the end of a chapter of Eco’s bookThe Name of the Rose.In my pocket is a timer …

Our Fifth Birthday!
Editorial

Our Fifth Birthday!

August 9, 2020August 11, 20202

Hello everyone! It’s Matthew. Happy birthday to us, I suppose. I just want to announce here that we have been around for HALF A DECADE!!! …

Time in a Coronavirus World by Elena Lucia Perez
Newsletters

Time in a Coronavirus World by Elena Lucia Perez

June 6, 2020September 23, 20200

“Time is an illusion.” – Hue, from Avatar: The Last Airbender, “The Swamp” I don’t know about you, but I feel like the days this …

“Reclamation” by Mallika Bhaumik
Poetry

“Reclamation” by Mallika Bhaumik

July 1, 2019August 19, 20200

Someday we might meet,when time has melted in us,our lives look like dried river beds Would you then recognise my face? My face might appear …

“On Fainting in Tube Stations” by Carter Vance
Poetry

“On Fainting in Tube Stations” by Carter Vance

June 6, 2016March 2, 20190

I don’t want that smart bomb sort of love, that painless thing all beset with clang of rust knife, mouse click, screen swipe, before you …

“Clocks” by Matt Rouse
Poetry

“Clocks” by Matt Rouse

April 18, 2016August 19, 20200

I have seven alarm clocks programed on my smartphone Which I place under my pillow at night Seven alarm clocks that are set 5 minutes …

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