Prompt # 20 – history
May 3, 2018
Being born, we don’t realize we’re stepping into history. We think history begins with us. … More Prompt # 20 – history
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Prompt # 28 – dance
April 29, 2018
As the dances move south, so does the body. … More Prompt # 28 – dance
Prompt # 19 – music
April 27, 2018
It’s not that she doesn’t understand love. It’s that she doesn’t love you, not even close, and probably never will. Rejection. Hard to take. For anyone. … More Prompt # 19 – music
Prompt # 11 – alphabet (of luurrvv)
April 25, 2018
So how is this a metaphor for love? How the hell should I know?! Well I guess, in the sense that there’s no ‘road map’, no reliable rhythm or pattern, you have to land on it and just take it one step at a time with no expectation, no guarantee? It’s a test? A challenge? In many ways it’s about normal human interactions, which everyone has a good idea how to go about, but ‘scrambled’ by the addition of love? … More Prompt # 11 – alphabet (of luurrvv)
Prompt # 9 – language
April 23, 2018
Amharic is never fun, or if it is, it’s fun being had at my expense. (speaking as a semi-fluent, or non-fluent first generation or young immigrant), but in the land of the blind (in this case: the deaf), the one-eyed woman (the half-tongued, quarter-tongued, no-tongued woman) is queen! … More Prompt # 9 – language
Prompt # 24 – geography
April 20, 2018
a bird and a fish may fall in love but where will they live … More Prompt # 24 – geography
Notes from the Canadian Honey Jar
April 18, 2018
I collected the ‘used’ scraps in a Canadian honey jar. Make of that what you will. … More Notes from the Canadian Honey Jar
The Sun Alone at Sunset
December 8, 2017
The first time you left me to spend the day alone at your place but withheld your key and I didn’t ask for one because we’ve learned… … More The Sun Alone at Sunset
Something Beautiful From Ethiopia
September 2, 2017
I’m happy to share my latest article for Selamta, the in-flight magazine of Ethiopian Airlines. This one I did remotely, but it definitely brought up memories of visiting a tannery just outside Ethiopia. Let’s just say it was a nose-opening experience; the smell of curing leather lingers in my nostrils still. Good thing it all miraculously … More Something Beautiful From Ethiopia
2007 Vintage: Sip 11
March 27, 2017
…because I want to look amazing when he next sees me (never mind he does not want me and when I am thinking clearly I don’t want him either) … More 2007 Vintage: Sip 11
Rebecca Fisseha, Writer. 