TMS Staff, Author at The Missing Slate

PoetryOctober 14, 2011

Vacation

By TMS Staff

Arizona was a dry attic we broke into. You told me how we entered in a window splitting under the weight of sunlight, how…

Articles, EssaysOctober 14, 2011

The Hard Work of Poetry

By TMS Staff

By Salli Shepherd Poets are constantly crippled, creatively. It’s the way it works. You write a line and, just now, right now, it seems…

Roving Eye, SpotlightOctober 14, 2011

Spotlight Illustrator: Abigail Larson

By TMS Staff

In this short interview, Ms Larsonâ€”illustrator extraordinaireâ€”talks about her craft, how she got started and what inspires her (among other things) with Creative Director…

PoetryOctober 14, 2011

September

By TMS Staff

September 1st, 1939Â If those who do not know history are doomed to repeat themselves, we are in a tornado. Turning vicious cycles. The…

PoetryAugust 30, 2011

My Apartment

By TMS Staff

My apartment Iâ€™ve written so many poems about my little apartment, whatâ€™s one more? This poem is about the lady two floors up, who…

Articles, EssaysAugust 30, 2011

The Vault

By TMS Staff

The walls erected as adults can be so damaging when imposed on children. Maria Amir examines social boundaries.

PoetryAugust 30, 2011

The Apple is a Meta-Cognitive Object

By TMS Staff

Note:Â Â Â Â truth is not beauty neither isÂ Â Â Â Â beauty equivalent to truth dismissi ng the initial — EveÂ Â Â Â (and Serpent)Â Â Â Â Know what God knows….