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Dion O’Reilly: Post Anthropocene

Can we imagine such emptiness? Such quiet.
Every bit of us, gone: the jackal-mouthed
and gospel-wild, razor wire
keeping out the needful
of our kind, even the ruins of holy cities

October 22, 2025 · 8 Comments

Rusty Long: Survivalist Architecture

Whether the apocalypse du jour involves the arrival of peak oil, a Mayan prophecy predicting planetary disaster, or a run of the mill zombie apocalypse, there are some key design features that every architect can focus on to ensure their clients are better prepared for any end times scenario.

March 2, 2024 · 6 Comments

Michelle Bitting: Reporting Back

Those free-floating cabezas—
ancient, adrift
on song-strung shores
are always ready to party.

May 29, 2023 · 2 Comments

Deborah DeNicola: And After Armageddon . . . 

When will we stop
interrogating our souls, instead throw them wide,
allow them to leave our bones behind to stencil the sand

June 27, 2022 · 4 Comments

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