Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • The Death of Sargon the Gardener

    The Death of Sargon the Gardener

    The Death of Sargon the Gardener by Reilly Cox

  • Sargon Goes Westward

    Sargon Goes Westward

    Sargon Goes Westward by Reilley Cox It is unclear if the cactus were in bloom,

  • Sargon Names All the Tomatoes in Existence

    Sargon Names All the Tomatoes in Existence

    Sargon Names All the Tomatoes in Existence by Reilly Cox

  • The Day of His Death

    The Day of His Death

    The Day of His Death by Todd Copeland He desired the sky to be overcast when that day finally came, a light gray from horizon to horizon

  • How bodily they made Diana

    How bodily they made Diana

    “How bodily they made Diana” by Katherine Kim How bodily they made Diana on the altar I left my price bone, tooth, fin, stone

  • Eddas in the Kitchen

    Eddas in the Kitchen

    “Eddas in the Kitchen” by Marion Deal Sing the lays of old slip an edda or two beneath the tongue to dissolve (the body of seared hero)

  • King Tide Twilight

    King Tide Twilight

    King Tide Twilight by Elizabeth Kate Switaj you carried my bubu across the road it was only 30 yards but my grandma’s skin is sharp, her bones too soft to lift her birdweight from you

  • Mortal Weekend

    Mortal Weekend

    Mortal Weekend by Allison Hummel   The ground might rise beneath you, like bread. Things might descend to meet you, as if borne by the voice

  • Mimesis

    Mimesis

    Mimesis by Katherine Kim   There is an Orient in my body A floating head with my eyes, helix aspersa tracking slime across her face

  • Gimpel and Other Fools

    Gimpel and Other Fools

    Gimpel and Other Fools by Rochelle Shapiro Like I.B. Singer’s Gimpel in his short story Gimpel the Fool, my mother was foolish. Gimpel believed the unbelievable because he was a man of faith. But my mother’s foolishness was less innocent than his.

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