Tell me: Which is the safest room in which to hide in a burning house? Song for the Suffering © Vincent Hostak October 2023 I heard you say: “I refuse to take sides.” Perhaps you meant: your heart is with the suffering. It is a blister clinging to the wall, this wall no prayers mayContinue reading “Song for the Suffering”
Author Archives: Vincent Hostak
Privilege Reveal Party
a poem by Vincent Hostak “Satire is a lesson, parody is a game” Vladimir Nabokov “When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities” Chen Chen Welcome to our Privilege Reveal Party We name the unknowable as if each were Aspects of light we divine each new day Troubling little howContinue reading “Privilege Reveal Party”
Eklipsis
a ritual for the twenty-third Total Lunar Eclipse of this century © Vincent Hostak, November 7, 2022 Sit by a retaining pond which held back the flood Or, if your hand is steady raise a spoon of clear water one which carried food to your family’s lips. Sit quietly, as you would to honor oneContinue reading “Eklipsis”
Wild, Abandoned 