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…1 min read·Aug 10, 2021----
Abbott IkelerClosing CeremoniesI pull the bedclothes to my chin, douse the light and wait.1 min read·Jul 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…1 min read·Jul 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.1 min read·Jun 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…1 min read·Jun 15, 2021----