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About Amanda Walczesky

Amanda Walczesky: 26, Female
United States

Bio: Born in 1983. Exists in Columbia SC. Wants to live in space.

"'Aha, at last!' the poet sighs."--Baudelaire

Genres: neo-metaphysical poetry, pulp-noir, sci-fi and bizarro fiction.

Main Website:: www.myspace.com/the_poet_sighs

Other Websites: www.editred.com/manda

Publishing Credits: "Apples" published by ZygoteInMyCoffee issue 66

"The Queen of Snake City" published by Thieves Jargon

"Sudden Drop" published by EditRed (Scream Poetry Anthology)

Influences: poetry: Charles Baudelaire, space, abstract thought and other dimensions

fiction: Philip K. Dick, D. Harlan Wilson, Stephen Baxter, Salman Rushdie

Favourite Books: I read too many and enjoy them all

Writer, Prizefighter, Or Caffeine Inspired All Nighter?: how 'bout: muse-stricken, panic-ridden randomness?

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What Are You Listening To?

Added a post Oct. 19, 2008

now that the weather has finally decided to get with the season, I've started bringing out the scary dark stuff. Lots of my staple metal music (Samael, Emperor, Darkthrone, Burzum, Dimmu Borgir, et... Read More »

What Are You Watching?

Added a post Sep. 1, 2008

currently I and the boy are watching Dexter season 2 which finally came out on DVD and we recently got addicted to Six Feet Under. we are amazing NetFlix whores so that's how we get all our tv show... Read More »

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Added a post Mar. 9, 2008

just a general question that I have my own opinion on but I'd like to hear other viewpoints concerning it: titling your work. whether it's poetry or fiction or whatever... how do you go about it?... Read More »

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Broken Hearts

little by little, as far as you can go
much further than you know
unable to escape:
undeniable grey that infects
seeps into the human fabric
stains too deep to wash away

however small you feel
a diminishing light within
so easy to:
withdraw into sighs
fail and dismiss the dark
with faltering hands

we, the broken hearts
made small and wretched
turne…

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Posted by Amanda Walczesky on August 31st, 2008 at 10:24am — No Comments (Add)

the evening calls...

here is a moment
a forever piece of time
one of those here and now
come and get it revelations
you feel it coming
desire the uphill slide
into its immensity
its expandable energy

the radiation
from its hypersphere of influence
just decimates your flesh
and how could you not succumb?
become nothing more than a
spiraling spark of ash
once its fire has expelled you
into the beautiful
evening abyss...

Posted by Amanda Walczesky on August 31st, 2008 at 10:12am — No Comments (Add)

The Prison of Celebrity

The window was open, allowing occasional gusts of pollen laden air to swirl into the room. A great green field flowed across the landscape, dotted here and there with wild patches of dandelions, a random dogwood or oak.

All morning she had watched the world come alive. Early, the singing birds warmed up the dewy sky, only to be followed by the searing fingers of dawn light creeping gently over the wet flesh of the earth. Sitting there, in a high-backed wooden chair, she…

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Posted by Amanda Walczesky on January 21st, 2008 at 4:38pm — 2 Comments (Add)

(Ir)Reality TV

They woke us up too early in the morning. The breeze off the pacific was hot and within minutes our tactfully semi-nude bodies were slimy with sweat and dirt.

Without any conversation, as we had used up all the interesting bull that people throw at each other during first encounters, we cleaned up camp, boiled water and swallowed our rationed moldy rice.

The cameras followed us onto the raft and as we were led out to sea, a few people discussing what our challeng…

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Posted by Amanda Walczesky on December 26th, 2007 at 11:39pm — 3 Comments (Add)

Bleached Beauty (bizarro fiction)

Whenever I dye my hair I make sure not to buy the cheap stuff. But because I’m a broke bitch I don’t typically buy the most expensive dye either. Something in the middle.

I buy it at my local big box retailer. The dye itself comes in a small box. I take it home to my medium box apartment. The bathroom is a tiny box.

I always have to read the directions. Even though I’ve dyed my hair numerous times. After sniffing each separate bottle and remembering that dye chem…

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Posted by Amanda Walczesky on December 21st, 2007 at 5:07pm — 11 Comments (Add)

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At 9:54am on April 21st, 2008, AngelLesa said…: Good Morning and have a great day.
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At 12:02am on January 26th, 2008, Kelly Desilet said…: it's ALL about details :)

At 1:58am on January 15th, 2008, Tony Nesca said…: hello hello m'dear, do you remember some time ago you emailed and said, "tony, look at my new pics and find some inspiration there, write a poem, just 'cause i'm that hot!"...do you remember?...ha ha ha ha...my latest post, "songs of the unlucky", was the poem i wrote...you've already read it, but it kind of brought a smile to my face when i posted on here...keep it up man...

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tony

At 9:05pm on January 3rd, 2008, Christopher aka Dead Gnome said…: Thanks for the comment on the Blues Man, They part you questioned has been questioned a lot, it seems almost out of character, but I suppose if someone is allergic to something, they would know the anaphlyactic part, the rhizosomes may be a bit too far. Thanks again, I have some bizarro things you may enjoy, in time I will post more of them here.

At 6:29am on January 2nd, 2008, C. Boylan said…: Hi. Thanks for your comment on Coveting Dr lester Pt 2 - I don't think I've posted part 1 on here yet; I was in a rush and hoping to intrigue with the 'hey, there's a part one to this' angle. Wrong of me. I'll post it now.
Thanks again. Glad you liked it.