Abbott IkelerExcerpt of Puritan Temper & Transcendental FaithChapter One: Carlyle on Literature: Conflicting Views We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with…Aug 10, 2021Aug 10, 2021
Abbott IkelerClosing CeremoniesI pull the bedclothes to my chin, douse the light and wait.Jul 28, 2021Jul 28, 2021
Abbott IkelerReflection, Very BriefMore and more I wonder at such scenes, at disconnection absolute: at moments, ordinary in each time and not so far apart, become as alien…Jul 7, 2021Jul 7, 2021
Abbott IkelerAddendum, from a SonAt nearly eighty-nine she died, quite suddenly and alone; on a bright mid-summer morn it was, her loved ones far away.Jun 28, 2021Jun 28, 2021
Abbott IkelerPistachiosSo solemn it seemed scant days ago– lovers, tear-spent talking out last syllables of a life together, huddled there knees to chin in…Jun 15, 2021Jun 15, 2021