Archive - Chaos Romantika

Bea on the Threshing Floor

an exploration of form

Jun 15 •

What to do when it feels like you can’t do anything

Jun 5 •

April 2025

When I was a child I’d sneak into my grandmother’s room on whispered feet Fingers tracing neat quilt lines and hovering over dainty trinkets laid out…

Apr 14 •

Words between Teeth

Words between teeth gritty like chalk dust swallowed dry before I can spit them out A waking nightmare— Your ghost shuffles by bleating bitch leaving…

Apr 5 •

January 2025

Until we make it home

Jan 24 •

Love & Embarrassment

I’ve been reading A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre by Anne Bogart in spurts over the last few months.

Jan 20 •

November 2024

Empathy Sparks Action

Lessons I've learned after a decade of advocating for students and teachers as a public educator in Texas

Nov 11, 2024 •

September 2024

four character sketches

A recent fascination of mine has been reality tv—from Vanderpump Rules to Love Island and back again to Bravo for the Real Housewives franchises, I’ve…

Sep 2, 2024 •

May 2024

sometimes subjects are too big for more words—these short lines are all I have

May 29, 2024 •

creative currents

a thank you to creative community

May 14, 2024 •

April 2024

Faintly, I hear the pitter patter of raindrops on rooftops calling to me.

Apr 25, 2024 •

love and hate in the prairie-lands

Ever since I was scooped up and away from the rolling gulf shores and plopped down on the flat hard scrabble, I’ve been at war with the place where I…

Apr 15, 2024 •

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