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Recent Replies

Horse on The New Cigarettes
Falcon on The New Cigarettes
Falcon on Swindlinging
Bear on The Last Coupla Years
Falcon on The Last Coupla Years

Recently Revised

Suicide Bridge » 9:54 AM 14 Oct 21 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

312 » 5:04 PM 20 Sep 21 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

The New Cigarettes » 12:04 PM 20 Sep 21 » Horse ⟳ Horse

The Last Coupla Years » 2:55 PM 17 Apr 21 » Rooster ⟳ Elk

Westrich » 6:34 PM 06 Apr 21 » Horse ⟳ Horse

Hill & Dale » 8:55 AM 27 Feb 21 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

Pen Umbra » 2:20 PM 25 Feb 21 » Horse ⟳ Horse

Ghost Chef » 9:45 PM 21 Feb 21 » Elk ⟳ Elk

A Clearing » 4:11 PM 15 Jan 21 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

Swindlinging » 10:40 AM 14 Jan 21 » Horse ⟳ Horse

311 » 11:33 AM 25 Nov 20 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

I Got Nothing » 12:35 PM 21 Nov 20 » Horse ⟳ Horse

The Appeal To Novelty » 12:48 PM 04 Nov 20 » Horse ⟳ Horse

Colonnadium » 12:32 PM 28 Oct 20 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

Strings » 2:01 PM 25 Jul 20 » Horse ⟳ Horse

Recent Haiku

312 at 5:04 PM 20 Sep 21 by Falcon

(Standard)

a used and crumpled
natural colored napkin
with red lipstick marks

311 at 11:33 AM 25 Nov 20 by Falcon

(Standard)

No no no, you’re right.
The Kugel takes center stage.
I’ll do something else.

310 at 10:49 PM 23 Apr 20 by Rabbit

(Standard)

The sinking sun’s rays
Trembling arcs between two eyes
Inexplicable

309 at 10:29 PM 23 Apr 20 by Rabbit

(Standard)

Toy houses, wishes
Silent deep space, vanities
Joy strangely curtailed

Most Replies

Derek » 75

The Pilgrimage of '61 » 72

Breno & Cauê » 53

The Atavist » 53

Strings » 50

The Dematerialized Zone » 49

Epitaph » 38

The Day Before » 37

Succession » 37

The Ocean » 36

One Man's Flow » 35

The Fall » 35

Narration Unlimited » 33

Some Words Of Intelligence » 33

Eva Ness » 30

The Seven Sovereigns » 29

That Crumby Toaster » 28

Todd, Todd & Todd » 27

One Giant Leap » 27

Colonnadium » 27

Brian O'Nolan » 26

Gang Aft Agley » 25

Lost & Found » 24

Unmanned » 24

Merger & Dissolution » 23

On language

These pieces are grouped in a collection labeled language. Collections are an evolving classification for pieces grown in Rooster Land. They are sometimes utilized as a shorthand completion of the contextual essence necessary to understand a piece. Just as often they serve to organize serializations or themes that are intentionally curated by one or more animals.

Horse

September 7th, 2019 / workshop

High Places

You could call it tragic; I could call it whatever I want.

+ 12 Replies and 8 Revisions

Vignette

RL1

Horse

March 30th, 2019 / workshop

Face Value

More or less than meets the eye.

assumptions culture discourse language school student

+ 1 Reply and 6 Revisions

Vignette

RL1

Horse

January 11th, 2018 / workshop

Amaranthine

Looking in from the inside.

absurdity language lobby miscommunication misunderstanding sentence shirt

+ 3 Replies and 5 Revisions

Vignette

RL1

Horse

December 22nd, 2016 / workshop

Guide Us to That Perfect Light

Star with royal beauty bright.

christmas color drink family holiday home language light tree water

+ 10 Replies and 7 Revisions

Vignette

RL1 Pitch

Falcon

October 11th, 2015 / workshop

A Confusion of Tongues

The boiling freeze.

language love lyrics miscommunication

+ 2 Replies and 6 Revisions

Verse

XX1

Falcon

September 23rd, 2015 / workshop

Chosen

On the eve of the good Pope's visit.

language new york paranoia technology telephone

+ 10 Replies and 5 Revisions

Vignette w. Visual

XX1

Falcon

June 16th, 2015 / workshop

I Better Be Careful Or I’ll Be Understood By Everybody

At the font of dreams.

dialogue language lyrics mysticism water

+ 6 Replies and 4 Revisions

Verse

XX1

Falcon

February 4th, 2015 / workshop

A Clearing

To escape and inhabit.

accent adventure americana bennet family girls language mandy sparks work writing

+ 15 Replies and 24 Revisions

Vignette

XX1

Rabbit

October 12th, 2014 / workshop

The Dance

chevelle choice language lazenby

+ 9 Replies and 5 Revisions

Vignette

RL1

Elk

September 23rd, 2014 / workshop

20

language library love silence

+ 9 Replies and 1 Revisions

Vignette

RL1

The Workshop

Rooster Land is a private and pseudonymous writing workshop. You're currently located where the writers come to work. A selection of their pieces are elevated to superfeed status and made publicly readable on a rolling basis. You may want to start there. But certainly feel free to look around while you're here, or to open the map and travel.

Fellow writers may view all content, including replies and revisions, and partake in the discussion. Want to join us? Get a sense for how it works — everything from intellectual property to punctuation — then write The Rooster.

About

Our writers have published prize-winning books, frequently cited academic, industry and literary journal pieces, United States Supreme Court briefs, and trusted journalism in The New York Times, The Guardian and The New Yorker.

Superfeed Sampler

Some Words Of Intelligence

Confession

Housing Crisis

Shovelfuls

Don’t Let the Bee Gees Make You Buy a Bad Toothbrush

The Order of the Uplifting

At the Bottom of the Stairs

No Passengers

Elevationism

Alexander Christian Centro

Garden, Glass and Gun

Making Your Own Bolo Tie, Part 1

Disconsolate When Down

People Were Present

Todd, Todd & Todd

Breno & Cauê

Case of the Lost Library

Eva Ness

The Hell Out of Dodge

and more ...

Verse/Vignette Tally

Armadillo » 2
Bear » 268
Elk » 104
Falcon » 57
Fox » 4
Horse » 155
Hummingbird » 9
Mako » 24
Mink » 0
Myna » 78
Penguin » 3
Penuki » 2
Puma » 1
Rabbit » 145
Turtle » 1
Worm » 1

Largest Collections

death x47 ◦ life x44 ◦ family x39 ◦ water x35 ◦ writing x32 ◦ love x32 ◦ people x27 ◦ ocean x27 ◦ animals x27 ◦ mandy x26 ◦ food x25 ◦ work x25 ◦ kids x21 ◦ travel x20 ◦ americana x18 ◦ marriage x18 ◦ first-person x17 ◦ fatherhood x17 ◦ time x16 ◦ memory x16 ◦ wormwood x16 ◦ money x15 ◦ city x15 ◦ america x15 ◦ home x14 ◦ childhood x14 ◦ birds x13 ◦ music x13 ◦ trains x13 ◦ character x13 ◦ war x13 ◦ nature x12 ◦ lyrics x12 ◦ cars x12 ◦ d12 x12 ◦ religion x12 ◦ trees x11 ◦ color x11 ◦ fear x11 ◦ suburbia x10 ◦ friendship x10 ◦ technology x10 ◦ poetry x10 ◦ lazenby x10 ◦ school x10 ◦ dialogue x10 ◦ beer x10 ◦ sound x10 ◦ senses x10 ◦ language x10 ◦ rooster land x9 ◦ moon x9 ◦ politics x9 ◦ wind x9 ◦ science x9 ◦ space x9 ◦ dream x8 ◦ place x8 ◦ beach x8 ◦ night x8 ◦ light x8 ◦ earth x8 ◦ kelvin x8 ◦ machines x8 ◦ church x8 ◦

Recent Replies

Horse on The New Cigarettes
Falcon on The New Cigarettes
Falcon on Swindlinging
Bear on The Last Coupla Years
Falcon on The Last Coupla Years

Recently Revised

Suicide Bridge » 9:54 AM 14 Oct 21 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

312 » 5:04 PM 20 Sep 21 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

The New Cigarettes » 12:04 PM 20 Sep 21 » Horse ⟳ Horse

The Last Coupla Years » 2:55 PM 17 Apr 21 » Rooster ⟳ Elk

Westrich » 6:34 PM 06 Apr 21 » Horse ⟳ Horse

Hill & Dale » 8:55 AM 27 Feb 21 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

Pen Umbra » 2:20 PM 25 Feb 21 » Horse ⟳ Horse

Ghost Chef » 9:45 PM 21 Feb 21 » Elk ⟳ Elk

A Clearing » 4:11 PM 15 Jan 21 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

Swindlinging » 10:40 AM 14 Jan 21 » Horse ⟳ Horse

311 » 11:33 AM 25 Nov 20 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

I Got Nothing » 12:35 PM 21 Nov 20 » Horse ⟳ Horse

The Appeal To Novelty » 12:48 PM 04 Nov 20 » Horse ⟳ Horse

Colonnadium » 12:32 PM 28 Oct 20 » Falcon ⟳ Falcon

Strings » 2:01 PM 25 Jul 20 » Horse ⟳ Horse

Recent Haiku

312 at 5:04 PM 20 Sep 21 by Falcon

(Standard)

a used and crumpled
natural colored napkin
with red lipstick marks

311 at 11:33 AM 25 Nov 20 by Falcon

(Standard)

No no no, you’re right.
The Kugel takes center stage.
I’ll do something else.

310 at 10:49 PM 23 Apr 20 by Rabbit

(Standard)

The sinking sun’s rays
Trembling arcs between two eyes
Inexplicable

309 at 10:29 PM 23 Apr 20 by Rabbit

(Standard)

Toy houses, wishes
Silent deep space, vanities
Joy strangely curtailed

Encapsulation

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