The smell of burning leaves and ripened apples as Fall closes in displaced. Chicago cracked, the blast of pin on cap, while goodhearted tramps sleep atop empty knapsacks. Lay your pen upon the stone, for now, all colors will remain unwritten and every child, lucky enough to have the nutrition of a bowl of […]
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YIELD – PAUL ROBERT MULLEN
i return as most do to die you see i am weary of travel a wheel i had to break before this carcass disintegrated into unfamiliar dust death must come for me where my name is known where the ground will accept my bones Paul Robert Mullen is a poet, musician and sociable […]
THE GLADE – MICHAEL GRIFFITH
Only buzzards fly in these stale skies, only thin shapeless clouds pass over the iron sun. The moon seems little different, perhaps made from tin, and those clouds don’t much care whose light they sop up. Trees once tenderly shielded their daisy cousins, but no leaves stay on the spider-leg branches and bark has […]
THREE SELECTIONS FROM “THE ROPEWALKER” — MARINA KAZAKOVA
*** The Ropewalker was strolling all the day above the Babylon of Europe, over the stone waves and choppy waters of Brussels, barefooted, bare-hearted, escorted by birds and clouds, civil servants, uncivil sculptures. pigeons and sleeping bodies of homeless – both victims of hate crimes right in the heart of European justice. On the […]
CLIENTELE — JONATHAN EVERITT
After the photograph, “The Unrepentant” by CM Goodenbury Which did I see first: the crimson leather of the barber chair or the dingy skylight overhead? This crumbling dungeon is no ordinary salon. No easy listening here. No poster of radiant models with perfect hair. And who was the last customer to get the chair? […]
Interview with Friday the 13th Part III’s Larry Zerner – Dennis Villelmi
Dennis Villelmi: Hello, and Happy Friday the 13th, Mr. Zerner, or may we call you Larry? Welcome to The Bees Are Dead! We’re always honored to have alumni of the horror genre drop by to talk with us; most especially when they’ve been involved in such a revered franchise as “Friday the 13th.” First, let […]
Interview with Elisa Alessandrini – Dennis Villelmi
Dennis Villelmi: Welcome to The Bees Are Dead, Miss Alessandrini. Given the current political landscape in Italy, especially in light of Brexit, the recent presidential election in France and the forthcoming election in Germany, we’re indeed privileged to have one of the frontline political soldiers here to talk with us. Elisa Alessandrini: Thanks, dear […]
Breaking News: Beth Fukumoto Responds to Racist Hate Letter
Back in April, our own Dennis Villelmi interviewed principled politician Beth Fukumoto who made the gutsy decision to switch from the Republican Party to the Democrats following the installment of the Trump administration. Since then, she has become the target of racial abuse. Below is one example of the letters she has been receiving […]
Interview with Hawaii State Representative Beth Fukumoto – Dennis Villelmi
(Special thanks to Chelsea Roy, Communications Coordinator for Representative Fukumoto’s office, for arranging this interview.) Dennis Villelmi: Before we get into your decision to leave the Republican Party, I’d like to first get your reaction to the GOP ‘s failure to repeal Affordable Care. Beth Fukumoto: After years of insisting that the ACA needed […]
Interview with Rob Goodman – Dennis Villelmi (part 2)
Dennis Villelmi: Can you give some examples where psychogeography truly influenced your work? Rob Goodman: As an actor it is essential to have a sense of place. To have an idea of what a place feels like. If you are on stage and you are playing Hamlet in a small theatre in a small […]