Room, Author at ROOM Magazine

Identity Crisis in Reflection

Posted by Room | Oct 1, 2009 | Poetry, Reading Room

Teresa lifted a stone from the beach and it spoke to her saying: “I am God.” “There was one thing which at first I was ignorant: I did not know that God was in all things, and, when He seemed to me to be very present, I thought...

Wells

Posted by Room | Oct 1, 2009 | Creative Non-Fiction, Reading Room

The north sea speaks carefully around a mouthful of flints. ~ The beach is a buzzard feast, salted carnage. Miles upon miles of razor clams, caught by the headland, butterfly open under a cacophony of gulls. This is not the...

Teaching an Old Dog

Posted by Room | Mar 5, 2009 | Poetry, Reading Room

Every afternoon my dog takes me for a walk. We begin by getting very excited running circles of gratitude in the hallway for the mere idea of walking. Once outside, she makes me practice my lessons. Run as fast as you can for no...

Dostoevsky

Posted by Room | Mar 1, 2009 | Poetry, Reading Room

He was a man unconvinced by pancakes. He said that as she licked the syrup off her fingertips, Funny, it happened all the time, though she never touched He was a man unconvinced by pancakes. He said that as she licked the syrup...

The End of Marriage

Posted by Room | Mar 1, 2009 | Poetry, Reading Room

When snow is falling it’s possible you’ll feel listless. Snow, after all, smothers everything, street signs, garden lanterns, the sad hump of the dog buried in the yard three years ago, what you can and cannot see. When snow is...