Archive - Paul’s Newsletter

A short story written for Ryan Lambert

Untitled. Summer 2023.

Jul 24 •

February 2025

Gone are the salad salon days

Feb 7 •

Welcome to Society

Parade of anxiety. Please reach out to me with your thoughts as to how good this is/where it could stand to improve.

Feb 7 •

January 2025

My aphorisms degrade with each reading. My poems remain strong. Which is funny, honestly, I would have thought the opposite. Dedicated, as always, to…

Jan 6 •

Dedicated to Youri and Theo.

Jan 5 •

September 2024

Another children's tale

TIMMY Rothodendron lived on Ruppert Square in a great big townhouse.

Sep 20, 2024 •

A children's tale

Sep 13, 2024 •

Olga the Neanderthal

A children's tale

Sep 13, 2024 •

July 2024

Rhapsody on a Theme of Rachmaninoff

My symphony— Was poorly conducted. I saw you there, at the premiere, Waiting in the wings for the clouds to appear… While I hung off the fire escape— At…

Jul 2, 2024 •

June 2024

2 Poems for Ramtin Mesgari

Back from our back-and-forth prompt days—these were written in "his" style. I borrow his grandiloquent language and obsession with Oedipal…

Jun 22, 2024 •

May 2024

Letter to an American Ex-Lover in France

If I had my druthers, I wouldn’t talk during sex.

May 24, 2024 •

January 2024

The city makes a strong impression on a boy.

Jan 18, 2024 •

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