Chronicles of Miss Miseria

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• [dVerse] May 19th - This Is Not a Walk
  May 21, 2026

  This Is Not a Walkafter Chagall’s La promenadeMarc Chagall, La promenade (The Promenade) (1918), oil on canvasThis is...

• [dVerse] May 19th - safety through ugliness
  May 19, 2026

  safety through uglinessthe phone cover shedsits tired skinwhile I eata sandwich late.hunger sits beside me,loyal as a...

• The stuck-but-not-dead phase is suffocating as hell. The phone cover remains ugly because honesty is expensive.
  May 18, 2026

  19th May 2026. 00:35 AM.today, as i made a sandwich which i was supposed to make on sunday night, but monday night it...

• the salary arrived. so did the sinkhole.
  May 15, 2026

  It is Friday, May 15th, 2026.Five days since I wrote that all roads lead to rot, and unfortunately, the road has not ...

• [dVerse] May 15th - Inventory for Staying Alive in Public
  May 15, 2026

  One safety pin fastened to the inside of a wobbly long top.One phone charged to 63%, which is not enough, but is trea...

• [dVerse] May 12th - A Room that Misremembers its Windows
  May 13, 2026

  A Room that Misremembers its WindowsIn the stitched room,the window does not promise escape.The window is not open.Th...

• [dVerse] May 11th - The Bird Did Not Fly
  May 12, 2026

  The Bird Did Not FlyBy Tuesday morning, the cage had learned my name. It said it softly, in Ma’s voice, from the kitc...

• All roads lead to rome. Mine lead to rot.
  May 10, 2026

  On Saturday, I am spiralling down the depression-anxiety-low-self-esteem trifecta again, with bouts of anger throwing...

• Some musings on 'no miracle exit' [29th April 2026 - 9th May 2026]
  May 09, 2026

  29/04/2026, 19:50 PMthe body being trapped in the presentThe shadows in this room have begun to whisper, mapping out ...

• [dVerse] May 7th - The Fog Has My House Keys
  May 08, 2026

  The Fog Has My House KeysThe fog comes inlike it has been here before.Not dramatically.No doorbell.No throat-clearing...

• [dVerse] May 5th - Names I Did Not Answer To
  May 06, 2026

  Names I Did Not Answer ToBy midnight,all my old selves had gatheredoutside the locked door.Restless came first,barefo...

• [dVerse] May 4th - Bloom: Filed Under Pending
  May 05, 2026

  Bloom: Filed Under PendingTuesday arrived late,wearing Monday’s floral badge.I opened the promptlike unpaid mail.Insi...

• 1st May 2026, after the village folds itself away
  May 01, 2026

  1st May, 2026. 08:10 PM.Maureen has posted the final housekeeping note. Which means it is official now. April has bee...

• 30th April 2026, after the rain, when the April ends
  April 30, 2026

  30th April 2026. 8:30 PM.It is a different kind of pain. The whole day I was so busy with work, I forgot today was th...

• NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 30] - Archivists of Lost Girls or, The People Who Remove Childhoods
  April 30, 2026

  NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 30] Day ThirtyWell, it’s happened again. We’ve come to the last day of another National/Global ...

• 29th April 2026. 9:57 PM.
  April 29, 2026

  29th April 2026. 9:57 PM.Tomorrow is the last day of NaPoWriMo. Last year, I remember writing a more openly heartfelt...

• NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 29] - After Opening the Same Window
  April 29, 2026

  NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 29]Day Twenty-NineHappy Wednesday, all, and happy penultimate day of National/Global Poetry Wri...

• NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 28] - The Early Room // Before the News Refreshes
  April 28, 2026

  NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 28]Day Twenty-Eight Welcome back, all, for the twenty-eighth day of Na/GloPoWriMo. Today, our f...

• NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 27] - Instructions for Sleeping With the Windows Open
  April 28, 2026

  NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 27]Day Twenty-SevenHappy Monday, everyone. I hope you’re feeling energized about your writing a...

• NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 26] - Ars Poetica for a Room That Keeps Interrupting
  April 26, 2026

  NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 26] Day Twenty-SixHello, everyone, and welcome back for Day Twenty-Six of National/Global Poetr...