Author Archives: Malcolm Farley

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About Malcolm Farley

Writer, Poet, Photographer, Imagineer

New Words for Old Vices

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

FABULOSE, noun:  the spongy, puffy social tissue filled with tiny bubbles of hot air and styrofoam packing ‘monads.”  It thrives on a fertile compost of book reviews, celebrity talk-shows, workplace performance evaluations, and classroom assessments.  If dissected in a bright … Continue reading →

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Accidental Poetry on Purpose

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Found, in a “push page” email advertising performances at Joe’s Pub: “chilly Teutonic electronica.”   And, on a cast-iron, waffle-top water main cover just off Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks: “Catskill Water Gate.”

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Father Sol, Up Close & Personal

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Father Sol, Up Close & Personal Just after Earth Day, it’s useful to remember that Gaia has a partner infinitely more powerful and mysterious than she is.  Check out the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s just released video of the sun flaring up, … Continue reading →

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Census Activism?

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Just heard a piece on National Public Radio about Arab- and Iranian-Americans who’ve launched a campaign to write in their affiliation on the “Other” line of the U.S. Census Form. The point being that if you’re not counted, you don’t … Continue reading →

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Tourists in Rome

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

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