Archive - Metanoia Road by Kathryn Koromilas

May 2025

On the Desire to be Famous.

A sestina, some nostalgia, and Seneca chimes in.

May 24 •

Kathryn Koromilas

Kiss Someone You Love When You Get This Letter and Make Magic

A 'Good Luck' chain letter from the 1980s.

May 23 •

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Intervention, a poem

In which I visit my parents before I was conceived.

May 22 •

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Dearly Beloved, We Are Gathered Here . . .

An invitation (and a competition) to write a eulogy to an object.

May 20 •

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I Created a 'Memento Mori' Still Life as a Philosophical Exercise

And I think you might like to try it too!

May 14 •

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Day 7: Exit Gracefully.

7 Days of Joyful Stoic Death Writing. It's Demystifying Death Week this 5-11 May.

May 11

Day 6: Already Forgotten.

7 Days of Joyful Stoic Death Writing. It's Demystifying Death Week this 5-11 May.

May 10

Day 5: Death Will Take Everything Away From You.

7 Days of Joyful Stoic Death Writing. It's Demystifying Death Week this 5-11 May.

May 9

Day 4: Sooner or Later, it Makes no Difference

7 Days of Joyful Stoic Death Writing. It's Demystifying Death Week this 5-11 May.

May 8 •

Kathryn Koromilas

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