seanessay.com Leaping from a prompt, falling down, down a rabbit hole, while writing to see what happens… at Free Fall Fridays. prompt- Thinking box “You are thinking,” he said ponderously “inside the box.” We were in the boardroom and BJ Edison, the CEO, was addressing all his senior and middle executives. I traced a box […]
Exotic Everyday Excitement
seanessay.com We gather, leap off a prompt, and fall down, down the rabbit hole, seeing what happens… on Free Fall Fridays. “There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.” —Celia Thaxter prompt-ice sculptures If you go to the city of Edmonton, in the middle of January, there they are: ice sculptures. In Churchill square, […]
Free Fall Travel
seanessay.com Every January, besides visiting their local gymnasium, some people see a travel agent, being resolved to spend “whatever it takes” to go somewhere this year. Because if we don’t resolve, then somehow another year slips by. At my regular class for “Free Fall Friday” writing, (At the Alexandra Centre Writers Society) I wrote two […]
Mars Poem, Three Men in Three Centuries
seanessy.com January, the month when people visit their travel agency for new plans, was the month I posted my first The War of the Worlds poem, feeling nostalgia for another place and time. Today I give you my final poem. Goodby to a long road of 80 manuscript pages. A few final poems are posted […]
Martian Machine Passing Parthenon
essaysbysean.blogspot.com “Martian Machine Passing Parthenon” Being the title of a photolithograph, from after the War of the Worlds. Prologue Chief Engineer Gordon Malloy of “The Orville” (TV) in Lasting Impressions: “We look at these images of people who lived hundreds of years ago, and they’re so distant looking, that it’s easy to think that they […]
The Padded Chair Tourist by a Cliff
seanessay.com The nice thing about living on the flat prairie with a splendid network of roads is: Any time I feel a surge of FOMO, off I go. Open road! I hope you too are getting out. Being proud of this great country, I am pleased when I see a “Dairy Queen” or a “Main […]