monologue – Page 4 – Wordflower poetry & fiction

elevator sign from Japan, with Japanese and an English translation "please refrain from talking" and an emoji type image, in white reversed out in a blue circle, of a person with index finger to their lips

In defence of the humanity of the listener in the Era of Monologue 🔊➡️🔊👂and a reminder to myself to pipe down and listen, for pity’s sake 2 February 202624 February 2026

Defrag / Unflag 31 January 202631 January 2026

A different day — an ocean pool — more forgetting — a smile that once would have fluttered a heart — no scalpels and luck holds firm 29 January 20266 July 2026

view of mainly blue sky with light cloud and a slim slice of ocean at the bottom. There is a bronze sculpture of a woman at the right hand side, looming large

At the local swimming pool — the only one with unbarbered legs and no towel, chocolates dragging me down — but the sky is blue 17 January 20266 July 2026

not ‘War and Peace’ [a reblog] 16 January 202613 January 2026

What the heck is a Longette? 16 January 20263 April 2026

page of a notebook showing writing and drawings. the drawings are of a life-size cockroach and an enlarged tardigrade or moss piglet. the notes relate to the poem and include its title

Sunset on the human race / A tardigrade could do better / Traditions get mangled, entangled, star-spangled / Genocide as a form of tourism: A slam poetry-esque Longette Lite* from the deviser 14 January 202614 August 2026

The end of public grief, and some small, meaningful acts of rebellion: a photo essay 8 January 202622 January 2026

selfie of a person's decolletage and them holding a brown plush toy. you can only see the face of the soft toy. It has round black eyes, a large brown beak, and small triangle ears on top of its head

How to be a stranger (or, What Not to do) 7 January 20266 February 2026

Rainbow lorikeet in a pink flowering gum

dendrosphere dreams 6 January 20266 January 2026