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Bread and Circus – a poem by Todd Clouser

Todd Clouser

spiral root / credit: de

South of the imaginary lines where the uniformed and ironed men and and women that look like boys and girls, skin on the face still soft, wear their gloves and glasses bad men are winning the … [Read more...]

Observations on the Cynic

Todd Clouser

semiahmoo door / credit: de

Cut up by it, imagination Strangled by stripes of shame Painted poorly but purposefully by the kind of artist whose arrows are shot before they are aimed It burnt the blood from our dreams Smoke … [Read more...]

The Art of the Statement – Be the Mule

Todd Clouser

mule by Greg Westfall

I found humanity through music. I lose focus and grow cynical at times, but if I am honest as a listener, and remain receptive, the chance of transcending my emotional disturbances and triumphs … [Read more...]

The Time that John Lurie Called Me

Todd Clouser

The Time John Lurie Called Me by Todd Clouser / photo credit: Stephen Keates http://www.sxc.hu/profile/Indie9999

My artistic, maybe even my personal, aesthetic had me identifying with the music of John Lurie the first time I heard his compositions on record. Close to a bunch of things I cannot, or do not care, … [Read more...]

Remember When You Have A Son

Todd Clouser

photo credit: http://www.sxc.hu/profile/uttecht

remember when you have a son nothing is erased words get stamped upon the letters that will fall from his full grown mouth that the window he sits before is curtained by the canvas colored humming … [Read more...]

Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric “Wake and Shake Your Heart” Video Premiere

Todd Clouser

News is good, and it is you we owe. Relix Magazine decided to take on our humble handheld operation and premiere our new video to the world. The world premiere of the "Wake and Shake Your Heart" … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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