Category: Writing
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The Universe Isn’t Subtle (video version)
A video/vlog version of the previously posted poem, The Universe Isn’t Subtle (A Literal Metaphor In Real Time). Still photography courtesy David Guthrie. MUSIC: Virtutes Vocis by Kevin MacLeod. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Hello, Earthlings. You’re watching Adam the Alien, and today I’m going to read you a poem. I wrote a poem at Rainbow Gathering, and…
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The Universe Isn’t Subtle (A Literal Metaphor In Real Time)
[EDIT: There is now a video version of this poem available, for those who prefer their poetry narrated and accompanied by moving flames.] I take the things that hold me back And cast them to the fire I sit in the circle and watch them burn To drums that never tire Anxiety burns quickly, self-doubt…
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Without anything but the love we feel
Adam talks about The B-52s, love, and his hopes and fears on the first stretch of the road to Rainbow gathering in Michigan.
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In my grandfather’s hospital room
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. The sudden beeping from the machine next to my hospitalized grandfather sends my heart into a faster rhythm. The hard thrum-thrum-thrum of fear and panic. It’s fine. The beeping means the fusion is done. I don’t know what the fusion is. Transfusion? Something else? What’s going into my grandpa’s body? I…
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Six years ago today: Nerdfighteria, Tacoma, and reflections on community
Adam reflects on a photo from six years ago, and how the communities of Nerdfighteria and Tacoma affected the course of his life.
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“Clinton Street” (or “A Night Lived Before”)
A poem inspired by a night out at a party in Portland. A little time travel for the soul.
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How I learned to be afraid, and why I carry pepper spray
Adam describes a personal experience with the sort of unacceptable behavior that women are subjected to on a far more regular basis.
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Why a photo of Jenny Owen Youngs and Julia Nunes blew my mind
Adam gets a shock from an Instagram photo, and it sends his mind on a trip down the rabbithole into the surreality of reality.
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Thoughts from a train: leaving Tacoma again
Adam reflects on his depature from Tacoma a year ago while departing his fair city once again, after a month-long trip.