Rose & Thorn Journal - Fall 2011
Jessie Carty's writing has appeared in publications such as, MARGIE, decomP and Connotation Press. She is the author of four poetry chapbooks which include The Wait of Atom (Folded Word 2009) and the upcoming Fat Girl (Sibling Rivalry, 2011), as well as the award winning full length poetry collection, Paper House (Folded Word 2010). Jessie teaches at RCCC in Concord, NC. She is also the photographer and editor for Referential Magazine. She can be found around the web, especially at jessiecarty.com where she blogs about everything from housework to the act of blogging itself.
Jessie Carty
(Parent)hetical
It’s the breaking of the f(our)th wall, a chip perhaps in the mortar of expected dialogue. It says, Welcome. It’s dramatic irony as it was traditionally de(fine)ed and not just slang, not just an everyday word like Mom or Dad or Stepmother or dead or unav(ail)able or tir(ing). It’s a side track for the audience, an unanticipated trip into the author as (parent)al figure (who) leads on with her plot, h(is) character (an)d any other it that is wrapped up in the person, place, thing or (idea) of a noun.
(Parent)hetical
It’s the breaking of the f(our)th wall, a chip perhaps in the mortar of expected dialogue. It says, Welcome. It’s dramatic irony as it was traditionally de(fine)ed and not just slang, not just an everyday word like Mom or Dad or Stepmother or dead or unav(ail)able or tir(ing). It’s a side track for the audience, an unanticipated trip into the author as (parent)al figure (who) leads on with her plot, h(is) character (an)d any other it that is wrapped up in the person, place, thing or (idea) of a noun.
