Dance For Me
By Jason Zapata
From the refuge of a lonely rooftop
I watch paupers and princes fight
Their battles fill the streets below
There’s no reason to get involved
In the class warfare being waged
So with a half blind, mute charm
I walk self consciously amongst them
Embraced as the King of Fools
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"Forgotten Knight" by Sina Pakzad Kasra
Sina.P.Kasra is an illustrator, concept designer, and graphic artist. He was born in 1986 and resides in Tehran. Sina’s work has appeared in book-covers, posters, television, and animations. His favorite artists include Ashley Wood, Ben Templesmith, and Lucian Freud. In term of his digital art, Sina utilizes a Wacon Intuos4. He is also versed with using acrylic colors on canvas.
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A Girl Named Salem
By Jason Zapata
What did I do to become so feared and maligned
A guiltless woman puritanical men apprehended
Was I really so threatening to Christendom’s kind
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"House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski
“House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski is jarringly unconventional and instills a deep sense of dread within its readers. Through the use of elaborate text arrangement, numerous footnotes, (some referencing non-existent books), and multiple narrators – Danielewski creates a dark and disorientating tale.
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My Redeemer
By: Jason Zapata
What Hell I have dragged her through.
This devoted conscience bound in flesh.
Rescuing me from fires of fault and flaw,
The flames of my failures sear her.
Irrationally she remains by my side still.
Faithful in her belief I will someday honor
All the promises I have yet to fulfill.
I caress her lovely face.
She is my guardian angel,
My would-be saving grace.
Wheat Field with Crows
By Jason Zapata
I was the one to find you.
You were in the very field you painted.
The wind sighed. The wheat swayed.
You lay still.
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My Review of Alice Sebold’s, "The Lovely Bones"
“The Lovely Bones,” by Alice Sebold is a beautifully written drama. This was a difficult piece of work to write well. Child rape and murder was not an easy subject for the author to base the novel on. The unique approach Sebold took to writing this story makes it not just bearable to read, but a rewarding experience.
