Collected Works in Contemporary Prose and Art
This morning on a walk I look
in vain for colorful marigolds,
orchids in my favorite park,
but withering July heat wilts
their beauty before my eyes.
Bereft after my trek, I go home,
look at a mirror, examine
all the blemishes, wrinkles,
age-ravaged markers on my skin,
lament my own faded beauty,
long for the fresh-faced teenager.
in faded yearbook pictures.
A furious, unrelenting poetry of rupture—Almadhoun’s verses indict, mourn, and resist with devastating force.
Power is not in melted Buicks, not in making angels cower and sing your name in fear. There is no godhood for you, who have only sealed your name in…
Eurovision is what happens when musical theater and international diplomacy get drunk at the same wedding—messy, performative, and dazzlingly absurd.
Three Xs Framework—Extraordinary, Exclusive, and Extendable. A practical method for evaluating why some stories endure in cultural memory, while others, no matter how lyrical, fade fast.
A tender, obsessive tribute to Paul McCartney, masculinity, and the fragile distance between idol and admirer.
A searing critique of the Green Transition’s failure—not in policy, but in metaphor, language, and imagination.
An Unknown Soldier of 1781 bears witness to the brutal legacy of American wars, from Yorktown to January 6th, tracing the fragile arc of democracy.