Collected Works in Contemporary Prose and Art
A little birdie told me
not to come
stay home
be safe
find sensible adventures
close by
Canadian healthcare and laws
I shot the birdie
jumped a bus
rode until my concealed
Greyhound neck brace
could carry no more
Port Authority rapped
New York City arms
around the girl and her dreams
opening poems and poets
walking and sweating
flitting around salsa
on Pier 45 at dusk
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.