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Literature

A collection of 45 posts

The Tail of the Snake
Essay

The Tail of the Snake

The attachment of unhappiness to happiness, like the head of the snake to its tail, did seem to be the moral of the story, however, when I acquired my dream car.

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Roanoke Rambler Dec 29, 2021 • 5 min read
A Hanukkah Story
Fiction

A Hanukkah Story

(for adults)

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Roanoke Rambler Dec 1, 2021 • 9 min read
A Hobo Hero
Fiction

A Hobo Hero

This week's work of literature heralds an occasional feature in which we publish stories that, by virtue of their age, find themselves in the public domain.

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Roanoke Rambler Nov 17, 2021 • 4 min read
At The Poet's Last Reading
Poetry

At The Poet's Last Reading

In his poems, the drama is elemental: / There was no pain. It had gone.

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Roanoke Rambler Nov 10, 2021 • 1 min read
Dispelling the Arcana
Poetry

Dispelling the Arcana

I could not tell you / where these chambers exist...

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Roanoke Rambler Oct 6, 2021 • 2 min read
The Goat Field
Essay

The Goat Field

My Baby-Boom neighborhood of modest dwellings on small lots, a few blocks off Williamson Road, encircled a ten-acre, Southern Gothic amusement park.

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Roanoke Rambler Sep 22, 2021 • 7 min read
The Three-Hour Lily
Fiction

The Three-Hour Lily

Mina set the silk lily down. It was a ridiculously oversized silk calla lily, but Bruce wanted it to show up in the movie.

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Roanoke Rambler Sep 15, 2021 • 3 min read
Adult Situations in Antarctica
Fiction

Adult Situations in Antarctica

“There are critical failures globally every day,” Eva says.

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Roanoke Rambler Sep 8, 2021 • 15 min read
worrying
Poetry

worrying

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Roanoke Rambler Aug 31, 2021 • 1 min read
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