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  • if God was Earth’s magnetic field

    if God was Earth’s magnetic field

    Hey friends. I am aware that my last post was in October. It’s now March. A lot of things have happened in that span—I graduated college, for one thing, and long-time followers will know what an utter miracle that is. More reflections on that to come, perhaps. I also moved apartments, and now I have…

    aberdeenliv

    March 10, 2023
    Poems
  • god/God

    god/God

    the god of the living says you are made of stardust, therefore dig your nails into your life; cling to it at all costs, no matter how much blood you draw, because once lost it is gone forever— or else he says don’t even think about death, guzzle yourself giddy, sing yourself sick because that’s…

    aberdeenliv

    October 16, 2022
    Poems
  • Stranger in a Strange Land: Israel, Pt. 1

    Stranger in a Strange Land: Israel, Pt. 1

    When I left Israel in April, everyone told me I would be processing it for months, even years. I didn’t want to believe them. I wanted it to be a nice tidy package by the end of summer: here’s what I learned, here’s how I grew, my three-point essay, my expert reflections on the conflict.…

    aberdeenliv

    October 8, 2022
    Musings, Travel
  • on writing

    on writing

    Brand-new satin smooth paper pad in one hand, firm rod of pen in the other: This is who I want to be, and want is a word that starts too weak and ends too scant For this phototropic force bending my very bones to the light of words, wonderful words. I hold words in too…

    aberdeenliv

    August 27, 2022
    Poems
  • once on a summer mountain

    once on a summer mountain

    Hey friends! It’s summer, even if right now in New Jersey it feels more like mid-spring (fine by me: keep the oppressive heat away as long as possible). I figured this was a good time to share a poem I wrote about a summer a few years ago when my family and I were adventuring…

    aberdeenliv

    June 23, 2022
    Poems
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