Free Verse — This was the running tumble, the fisher’s dive, the sound of gravity in limbo. The calligraphy of the waves made a half-hearted effort in the broad strokes of hail-bitten sand, an unfinished letter. A snowman drank the café lights, warmed by the castoff of summer. Somewhere, the high arc of the…

Free Verse — Perhaps it came as no surprise November was made for street lamps; the long-necked austere glow of angles on dirt and sidewalk stones. But some nights were a reacquaintance, made dizzy with recollection; dark needles on a dark sky and the rooftops between severed lines. They were not many, those few…

Chasing closure around the globe without ever leaving home. — There are countries I orbit around, but only in name. It’s funny how I feel the weight of places I have yet to see. I am a stranger to their architecture outside of a pictorial plane or the tastes of their local cuisine. I have not smelt the air or…

Foster informative growth with productive connections. — In the everyday cacophony of careers, education and day-to-day necessities, side hustles have an unusual relationship with time. In a 2019 survey of side hustlers’ incomes by Bankrate, they noted: Working Americans spend an average of 12 hours per week completing tasks related to their side hustle… Reserving approximately two…