ask adri

  • Archives
  • Ask Adri a Question
  • Subscribe via Email
  • Ask Adri FAQ
  • Categories
    • Musings
    • Answers
    • Relationships/Sex
    • Health/Body
    • Pop Culture
    • Technology/Science
    • Writing
    • Announcements
    • Sports
vanity of the big-headed cubus*
Home » Writing
A poem written for an old love

A poem written for an old love

February 17, 2009 · by Adri · in Musings

This came out of a free-write in the backseat of a car. Something like that. “A Simile Like You” Adriana E. Ramírez We drive along the highway in Indiana snow on the ground—sunglassed and pure like a Tuesday. And inside…

In a Purple Room lies a Nurple Boom

November 7, 2008 · by Adri · in Musings

I have been the worst blogger ever. When things are well (or at least busy), I get so caught up in the happenings of the universe, that I forget to write.  It’s like I go through stages of intense thinking…

Almost Done

September 11, 2008 · by Adri · in Musings

Since I returned to Pittsburgh, I’ve been buried in writing my thesis manuscript. I keep saying it’s done and then I go back and throw away chapters at a time, because I suddenly realize I hate them. I’ve rewritten the…

The Good Life

August 8, 2008 · by Adri · in Musings

My head feels like it’s the size of a small planet. I keep getting dizzy and there’s no real accounting as to the whys and whats of this. Every time the phone rings while I’m conscious, I silence it because…

← Previous 1 2 3 … 6 Next →

Search

Adri

About

Ask Adri is the think tank and question-answering space of Adriana E. Ramirez—writer, performer, etc. If you're looking for my professional site, it's permanently under construction at zadriana.com.

Tags

absurd Answers body book books boyfriend celebrity celebrity death colombia composition dating drinking drugs football friends friendship funny gringos Health/Body houston lists long-distance love mcallen medical stuff mexico movies music neurosis news pete pittsburgh poetry Politics reading Relationships/Sex rockstar sex soccer Sports teaching texas tumor word association Writing

The Quote

"So Humbert the Cubus schemed and dreamed--and the red sun of desire and decision (the two things that create a live world) rose higher and higher, while upon a succession of balconies a succession of libertines, sparkling glass in hand, toasted the bliss of past and future nights."
-Lolita, Nabokov

The Adri

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Professional Website
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

The Tweets

    Recent Comments

    • Kyle on Missing Hohenlohe
    • Missing Hohenlohe | ask adri on The Real Prince
    • Adri on Adventureland
    • Javi on Adventureland
    • Kyle on Adventureland

    Copyright © 2012 ask adri