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Stephanie Lane Sutton
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The Whale FallWhen a whale dies, it descends-  drifts downward through the salt water  
like a diamond ring:  lost, dropped,  escaping quickly into the darkness  
before desperate hands can pull it back up.   
But no one tries to stop a whale that's dead.  It's no precious stone.  It's so large  humans would only see it as a burden.  The stench of rotting flesh would be much more  than one can bare.  So down it goes.  
 
They call it a "whale fall" for a reason.  Once the fall is over, the name is kept,  and the corpse continues to rot,  six thousand fe The Whale Fall
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So Much Beauty in DirtBeauty is not static.  What is considered beautiful changes with each generation.  Some people will chalk up a perception of beauty to evolutionary instincts without ever taking into account the fact that beauty is subjective and goes beyond the physical.  "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."  Beauty is also in the ears, tongue, skin, mind and heart.  Beauty is in the beholder.  Beauty is the beholder.  Beauty comes from beholding.   
 I come from a city that defies beauty.  Detroit once rivaled the rest in cityscape, economic prosperity, and pop So Much Beauty in Dirt
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October 28th, 5:30PMThe street lights fizzle on at 5:30  on Division street.  I got a man I've got  to see.  He lives in a hotel up by  
Irving Park, where I left my heart to rot.   
But I don't mind going up North so much  when there are so many faces to drown  in concrete limbs, the buildings that can touch  the cold and empty lake if they bend down.   
I don't mind all the solo journeys there.  The city's clenched fist is pulling my hair. October 28th, 5:30PM
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PalindromesI'm gonna keep the word I gave to you  after we tossed our bodies around  on the cold dark concrete  
of the balcony, your limbs so swift  
I don't even care if you burn me with your touch  but you don't, and the two  glowing orange eyes of our cigarette butts  are the only thing watching us devour each other.  
 
I'm gonna keep the word I gave to you  but don't mistake it for a love poem.  
This is the sound I make when I let my voice ring out into you.  These are the words I spell  with the palindromes of our body.  Your thigh, my thigh, my thigh, your thigh,  your f Palindromes
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Browse Gallery

I'll make some coffee, put on some eyeliner.

Sat Nov 14, 2009, 4:59 PM
Hey I'm doing shit with my life again. I'm the secretary of my campus's premier performance poetry organization, Verbatim. Next Friday we're teaming up with the Silver Tongue reading series for an open mic, reading, and slam competition. Kevin Coval will be hosting/featuring. The open mic starts at 6pm in the venue formerly known as the Hokin Annex, 623 S. Wabash. It's free, of course, and refreshments will be served.

I'm in a band now on synth and vocals. Putting my poetry to music again. It's frustrating, we'll see if it goes anywhere. Right now it sounds like Patti Smith meets Sonic Youth meets Lydia Lunch.

As far as my TV writing career goes, right now I'm working on a pilot of a show that I don't want to talk about too much (concerned about protecting my ideas) save to say it takes place in Detroit in the 1970's. I'm really excited about it. I'll post the script when I'm done.

I've been writing non-fiction recently as well.

Life is good other than me being very very broke after someone stole my debit card. But I have wonderful friends who give me free food when I'm starving so I've got no complaints.

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  • Mood: Peaceful
  • Listening to: Silkworm
  • Reading: The Savage Detectives
  • Watching: Project Runway Australia

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  • Current Residence: Chicago
  • Interests: Writing, feminism
  • Favourite movie: The Big Lebowski
  • Favourite band or musician: Pavement
  • Favourite poet or writer: Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod
  • Favourite game: Civ IV
  • Favourite cartoon character: Dr. Zoidberg
  • Personal Quote: "I would eat cats before cat food, because cats are more agreeable."
  • Tools of the Trade: Opposition of the patriarchy, chemicals, sexual liberation, the cityscape.

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~lilysound Jul 6, 2009, 1:58:51 PM
Thank you Steph!

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my blog [link]
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~VelvetSymbology Mar 9, 2009, 8:39:50 PM
Long time no see. Glad to see you're still kicking. (seexusinxstars)

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Retroactively shifting the status quo.
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~discursivedino Feb 9, 2009, 12:50:30 AM
Thank you for the favorite :]

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Love,
Taylor
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~under-water Feb 9, 2009, 11:16:50 AM
No problem, you are maybe the one visual artists I watch who consistently produces interesting work.
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~lostemo65 Feb 7, 2009, 7:54:43 PM
Hello there! I've become such a huge fan of yours. I think you're writting style is amazing
My essay is comparing Euripides' Medea with an modern irish play called The Bog of Cats. I'm flattered that you're interested in it! She's such a brilliant character with so many aspects to explore. And I love your poem's twist on her!

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i cut myself with toothpicks. :\
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~breakinthemix Dec 3, 2008, 8:53:11 AM
I figured you had one of these, so I lurked a little.
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Mood: Obsessed ~IAmPoetry Oct 25, 2008, 7:10:46 PM
Thanks for the kind watch!

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Poetry is truly boundless. It is my passion, writing to you, that is. I am the canvas.
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my poetry, lemon
both bitter and tart
you decide the taste of my art

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~Key-Obscuria May 9, 2008, 11:04:49 AM
Hello there! I've become such a huge fan of yours. I think you're writting style is amazing :)
My essay is comparing Euripides' Medea with an modern irish play called The Bog of Cats. I'm flattered that you're interested in it! She's such a brilliant character with so many aspects to explore. And I love your poem's twist on her!

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<Key>

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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~ShetlandPonyPie Apr 12, 2008, 1:50:17 PM
Hey, its CrowxJane......lol, I just got a new account!
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