Tag Archives: love
Romance of the Typewriter
Written by Chelsea Marie Hicks There’s something so elegant about the typewriter. It’s clicks clacking, paper reeling, disappearing, reappearing with stamps, our words tattooed onto white skin. I miss the pleasure of punching keys; the tragedy of mistakes, the beauty … Continue reading →
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Tagged as chelsea marie hicks, ink, love, objects, paper tattooed, poetry, rambling, romance of the typewriter, typewriters, writing
Tightrope Walking Along Ventricle Strings
Written by Chelsea Marie Hicks My functioning organ, a hot gallery of chaotic rope lines crisscrossing, ever tense in their taut, there I feel the lead to you tug and despite my faulty resistance, I catch myself t i p … Continue reading →
In dreams, I’m moving through heavy water
I spend a lot of time alone. As a foreigner in a gigantic city, I’m constantly surrounded by sounds and signs of life and though I interact with it wildly, lovingly and often, I have a tendency to hole up … Continue reading →
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Tagged as foreigner, home, journal entry, life, love, traveling
Signs of recovery: Silk and Soil
Silk and Soil Written by Chelsea Marie Hicks Wavering with willow branches bending bright blue wind and sky, my knees fold to dusty ground like paper creases used to make cranes and love letters. Silk surrounds me blushing pink and … Continue reading →
Tagged as chelsea marie hicks, love, poetry, rebuilding, recovery, silk, soil, writing
Calm, Choppy Seas
Written by Chelsea Marie Hicks Color me in a carnival of hues berries and gold, glittering in a sun kissing my skin pink. Fall falls onto bones in chills of neutral shades but only after the greens fade to oranges … Continue reading →
Tagged as love, poetry, rough writing, sea poems, the sea
Organic Serene
Lately I’ve been reading a bunch of found poetry and there was one that stood out in which a writer took the instructions for brewing tea and WHAM (think of this wham along the exact same lines as the sound … Continue reading →
Smooth and Rough
In my creative writing seminar we have been crafting a party pack of poetry, a task I’m relatively unaccustomed to, and so here are a few of my early attempts at writing poetry. Summer For Sale Written by Chelsea Marie … Continue reading →
Return to My (Foreign) Childhood
Despite my qualms about being entirely unprepared, I managed to find my way to Prague intact and with an enlivened spirit starving for adventure. Moving to Prague is similar to what I imagine being reincarnated as a child would be … Continue reading →
This heart’s on fire
I saw Wolf Parade the other night and they certainly surpassed my expectations. They played my favorites, “This Heart’s On Fire” and “I’ll Believe in Anything”, along with most of Apologies, which was particularly appreciated by myself since I’m not … Continue reading →
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Tagged as echo, inspiration, love, seaplane heart ring, thie hearts on fire, wolf parade, writing
I have an interview with Paste…
…and to commemorate this special occasion I’m going to paste some music lists in this here blog of mine. Top 5 songs played in iTunes: 1. The Mistress Witch From McClure- Sufjan Stevens 2. Plasticities- Andrew Bird 3. I Will … Continue reading →
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Tagged as everything in between, life, love, music, paste
