Atomic Heart

068 - Can words be lifted out of their pages by a genuine voice? Do you pay attention to the pedestrians on the opposite pavement, especially when they appear to know you from another lifetime? Today I read a piece I wrote 15 years ago. The melancholy has tilted a different way but the more I revisit the old scribbles the more I tilt back to the way I had started. 

067 - At what point in your life was the carefree artist replaced by boxes and rules? Would you rather have the carefree artist or the battle-tested, still-striving scribbler of sentences that hope to withstand the passing of time? Would you rather write about cupcakes? This is my garden. I grow poems, amongst other things. This is Atom Alicia C. There's some stuff about me here.

066 - How do you channel self doubt? Is it better to suppress it or acknowledge it? I bring you an existentialist scribble from 2008 on a day I claimed to have discovered the joy of staying home and doing nothing. Bliss. 

065 - Would you revisit a piece of work created by a younger version of yourself and in the process reconnect with the person that's been inside of you all along? And so I read from the old blog, first time ever on this show. This is Atom Alicia C. This is my garden www.atomicheart.fm 

064 - What good are we if all we can do is one thing each day. To do one thing well, each day, and that's all. What thing would that be amongst all the things that each have their own way of finding a place on our to-do list. What if I burn the list and brew tea with whatever that's left. What if I don't feel tired. What if I do. What if I'm here. What if I'm not.

063 - The unpolished lines may come across as rather bitter. Wrote them during a workshop that reminded me of the need to be more detached than I already am. If anything resonates, let me know by writing to 💌 [email protected] or check out www.atomicheart.fm to learn more about the stuff I've been struggling with. Lie down. Be your own best friend. 

062 - The quarantine episode. The self-isolating writer submitting to an online journal for the first time and reading you his submitted piece. This is Atom Alicia C. You can check out my website www.atomicheart.fm or write to 💌 [email protected]. I don't want to leave home.

061 - Seeking solace in a world about to explode. I bring you the poem "Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower" by Rainer Maria Rilke. I'm Atom Alicia C. Check out AtomicHeart.fm for my latest projects. You can also write to [email protected]. Hope to share with you some of my own writing next time. 

060 - Amidst the mid-February gloom, I bring you a wintry prose poem by the Canadian writer Anne Carson, a piece inspired by Hegel. As for me, I'm still exploring as to how I can best present myself to you on this platform. Hopefully next time I can read you a bit of my own writing. I'm  I'm Atom Alicia C. Check out AtomicHeart.fm for my latest projects. You can also write to [email protected]. Tell me your dreams, or nightmares.

059 - Atomic Heart returns with a prose poetry piece I had written on my birthday. My plan for 2022 is to write a book of prose poems. I've been obsessed with the kinds of possibilty that this art form promises. The program has taken on a new look. New music, new graphics, the same voice behind the mic. I'm Atom Alicia C. Check out AtomicHeart.fm for my latest projects. You can also write to [email protected]. Cheers.