He continued to gaze passed his son, his amorphous spirit calm and sullen. He saw in the distance the point where a pin light met the blackness of night, and twilight seeped into blue hues strong and matte. There were no stars to speak of. There were not even remnants, ghosts of the outer graveyard … Continue reading Grim’s Wall
Author: Michael Aaron Casares
Video: “Winter at the Beach” by Michael Aaron Casares (poetry)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0lejf3bVP0 "Winter at the Beach" is a poem written by Michael Aaron Casares. It will be published in his upcoming collection of poetry, The Vanishing Poet (2020, Virgogray Press). The text to the poem can be read on this website at this link: "Winter at the Beach."
End the Fed
We’re not joking anymore. The words, the worshippers, the serpents and the snakes, the dividers among us. The stakes have been held captive, a pretense of a threat. The dreams have materialized: Fact was made fiction in the history books of our children, but the fiction of the past haunts like a government template we … Continue reading End the Fed
The Fourth Estate
Headlines of the nation sway in the wind. They wave through gracious space and hang on our neighbors’ flagpole. We adorn them, those black print reams of words and thoughts that prideful, mount the helm of the basking sun. Headlines read into many things. They spell the nation with urgency, curving words, donning false pretense, … Continue reading The Fourth Estate
Red, White, and Bruised
The sum of jokes and hypocrisy is our land of peace and prosperity. Eyes like red iron vent hate and instigate the fights we pine for. Tempers like jet white streaks scream across third world skies. Hearts drown blue, the skin a sickened hue as the waters of war engulf our once free youth. The … Continue reading Red, White, and Bruised
State of the Mind
It is in this hour we unite. Though we are separate, we peer deep into the chasm: humanity, a full and vacant space, voids of mind, we acknowledge nothing, see nothing, and feel nothing. It is in this hour, the false power approaches. It dwells inside the land, an alien lost and dirty with gun … Continue reading State of the Mind
Specters of the Deep
-- -- "Specters of the Deep" is written by Michael Aaron Casares. All rights reserved.
Resonance: Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails
Of the songs that stand out, "Head Like a Hole" and "Terrible Lie" are probably the two songs I was familiar with before I knew the name Nine Inch Nails. My musical coming of age not until I was in my adolescence, there are vague memories of a muffled rendition of "Head Like a Hole" … Continue reading Resonance: Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails
Remittance (Reprise)
It was in observation of manipulation. She used her mental prowess naturally throwing screens at conflict, hiding the truths needed, protecting the secrets accumulated. Her vast trail grew like the shadows long tails tethered to the horizon sun. Twilight grew in her eyes. She was tired. The attempts at manipulation. The unlauded successes of its … Continue reading Remittance (Reprise)
Timelapse (Triptych Haiku)
Long shadows on land Silhouettes on ocean floor A single star shines Sun on grassy knoll Evergreen rolling verdant Photosynthesize Hushed horizon glow Softened pink, magenta hues Inferno-lined clouds -- -- "Timelapse" is a triptych haiku written by Michael Aaron Casares. All rights reserved.
The Root of Many Returns 