I’m studying philosophy. So far, all I’ve learned has taught me: a question will always remain a question. And so I face the times before me and those beside me and read the current real… more →
Dear Bob DylanLisa Zaran wrote 4 days ago: I’m studying philosophy. So far, all I’ve learned has taught me: a question will always … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 2 months ago: I was born of a carpenter and a seamstress. ~Molly Bashaw The sun is half-cocked again. Sweltering … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 3 months ago: While visiting the bookstore yesterday I happened upon a journal called Thought Provoking Thoughts. … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 3 months ago: For a moment I felt like that “brother dear” in Dead Souls by Gogol. When you canceled … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 4 months ago: Roland Jooris wrote a poem called Village in which he states in the first stanza: a village is a cir … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 7 months ago: I can’t not write. I can’t not take the time to hold a pen and write you a letter, even … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 7 months ago: In the heart’s slaughterhouse, my mind is forever transformed. It’s what emerges afterw … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 8 months ago: For days on end I give my heart to the roaring shadow of your life. I speak the language, transform … more →
alesica wrote 8 months ago: Lisa Zaran (1969-present) is an American poet, artist, and author. She is the author of six collecti … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 10 months ago: Once I got used to the idea I would never be Gertrude Stein and like her wished I had died when I wa … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 10 months ago: It seems impossible now. First of the new year. I spent the past year learning to fail and doing i … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 1 year ago: The heart is a hatchery of feeling: love, loss, long preparations, waiting. I live inside of my he … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 1 year ago: How to account for this long, lost weekend where I’ve done nothing profound except perhaps to … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 1 year ago: There are mornings I wake to silence after many dreams of you. And what is my crime? When I put my f … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 1 year ago: Bob, I am writing this on behalf of my heart. It loves you from its scorched foundation. I personall … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 1 year ago: Less than forty eight hours. September sixth. Before the crowd at Qualcomm Park stamps through the g … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been writing you a lot lately. I’m not troubled, just thinking and growing fast. So … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 1 year ago: Well, Bob, by this letter I am writing to say nothing but that it is August 25th and seemed to me a … more →
Lisa Zaran wrote 1 year ago: You wake up one morning under the sudden blue and the world, that worked over playground, no longer … more →