nostalgia — Words — nora byrne

الغرام

I focus on the itch until it goes away or gets worse.

Thumbnail: Kate Doyle. Bad Nora. 2012.

Modeling, General Ramblings, Artistic RamblingsNora ByrneFebruary 26, 2017figure drawing, Figure modeling, nude, Modeling, nostalgia, homesick, self portraitComment

Every January for the first 18 years...

“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.”

General RamblingsNora ByrneJanuary 16, 2017MLK, nostalgia, political anxiety, Devin AllenComment

ضباب

Running the gauntlet of homesickness every vegetable comes from red earth, the haze over the city strange from ground-level. The word for fog is learned in doodled golden bridges.

General RamblingsNora ByrneOctober 29, 2016Qatar, Doha, constellation, nostalgia, homesickComment

Stage two

To my soul, my conscience, how fantastic you’re not here.

General RamblingsNora ByrneSeptember 1, 2016Qatar, Grad School, Culture Shock, nostalgia Comment

I am working on compiling my creative writing into a larger work, and therefore have stopped posting it publicly.

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