#Poetry – Alysse Aallyn

Woman Into Wolf: the play

Scene 4(PERSEY turns out the light and the women exit. Firelight spreads across the room, lighting glittering eyes of the portrait – the eyes move, watching the women leave. DIGGER’s Dance with the WOLVES: Sniffs wolves suspiciously; they are wild and strange, he is home-raised and scared but envious of their freedom and “cool.” Threat…
Read more: Woman Into Wolf: the play
Woman Into Wolf: the play

Scene 3 – Persey’s big house (BABE, (Persey’s mother-in-law) a commanding, magnificent, scary older woman strides into the yard, holding a blanket and calling,) BABEPersey! Persey, where are you? (PERSEY & DIGGER emerge from the forest, both looking dirty, scratched and sheepish)Oh, my goodness, poor PERSEY! What happened to you! PERSEYEr – Hello – Mother.…
Read more: Woman Into Wolf: the play
Inspired Pleasure

Diary of a Dancer – Last Post Party Castle – Mon 9 July 79 – 7:50 PM 26 hours without T. Spoke to him last night andagain this afternoon. His acceptance of me is total, but it comes froma position of strength and I have fears of being annihilated. Last nightI experienced hallucinatory states –…
Read more: Inspired Pleasure
Inspired Pleasure

Diary of a Dancer the only dancer willing to dance to Baker Street so they keep playing it forme and it is a tiring song. However all that stretching is good for my musclesprobably. Reading A Time to Keep Silence. Secaire has got me on areligious kick. It’s me laughing and joking and eating…
Read more: Inspired Pleasure
Inspired Pleasure

Diary of a Dancer – azaleas in full bloom – peace. Woke up determined to finish taxes – officesclosed! When can people go if they work all week? Beats me. But it would takemore than a late filing to bother me – feel blissful. Approaching Plath from the question of her reputation. Determined to write…
Read more: Inspired Pleasure
Inspired Pleasure

Diary of a Dancer/Daughter/Poet Many bike rides and explorations. Lovely dinner last night at the cottage – Devon asking Dad a lot of questions – then we lay in each other’s arms at the Barnacleand he said Time to Discuss Our Relationship. Said “some French girl” dumpedhim because he’s so incompetent with condoms; he’s so…
Read more: Inspired Pleasure
Inspired Pleasure

Diary of a Dancer Sometimes Poet by Doris Grumbach. Much prefer that to actually having to read McCarthywho reminds me of Aldous Huxley – Is it possible to be too contemporary?Trends of modern writing a little too sketchy for me. No book should feellike flipping through a magazine. Sensory overload sans enlightenment.As for Angus Wilson…
Read more: Inspired Pleasure
Inspired Pleasure

Diary of a Dancer proud to take me home. We had our most passionate sex session yet– 5 hours! Of course he couldn’t come. We finally quit because I wasexhausted. He told me the sexiest thing I do is play with my breastswhen we make love! I only do it because he doesn’t! The big…
Read more: Inspired Pleasure
Inspired Pleasure

Diary of a Dancer a glass of port, waiting for Jervaze to arrive. Anxiety level high. Somewhere– I think from Mom – I got the impression that my needs are so automaticallyrepellent to any sane individual that they must be hidden. Therefore, I haveto carefully think my way through to any honest approach – and…
Read more: Inspired Pleasure
Inspired Pleasure

Diary of a Dancer honest scares. Frank Langella very sexy. At Italian dinner Mom andDad push island hard, but I know the old people would never leave mealone. They’d be worse than R. Still, there’s something magical aboutbeing protected from the real world by the ferry – places you can’t getto easily are wonderful just…
Read more: Inspired Pleasure

Category: #Poetry