vampire like constant sorrow feeding on the lonely snatching what’s left of boyhood like going back to baghdad at a fork in the path trying to come on strong awkwardly brilliant these dirty damn humans hotter than hell damaged goods, rude can’t hide from your experience like attending a fly’s funeral in a hyde park riot no more romantic figures takes one to a dark … Continue reading Dan Jacoby Poems, Day 1: “ptsd”
The crushing revelations of adolescence are perhaps hardest for boys. The elucidation of this fact is best captured by Alberto Moravia’s 1948 novella Disobedience and François Truffaut’s 1959 film The 400 Blows. It is no coincidence that the release of these works occurred so closely together. The post-WWII era was a period that exemplified forcing young men to fall in line in a capacity beyond soldierdom. The crushing … Continue reading Disobedience & The 400 Blows: A Comparison in Male Adolescent Rebellion
There is no greater representation of a Sicilian than an olive. At times bitter and at times sweet, it can change its mood depending on the conditions of the land. In Philippe Poloni’s 1999 debut, Olivo Oliva, a vengeful olive carries out its wrath against a wealthy olive orchard owning family by begging the Great Patriarchal Tree it is perched upon to drop it down to the area … Continue reading The Revenge of a Sicilian Olive: Olivo Oliva
