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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 school

These pieces are grouped in a collection labeled school. 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

November 6th, 2020 / workshop

I Got Nothing

I wonder if he set me up so that he could take it out on himself.

+ 3 Replies and 2 Revisions

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Falcon

June 3rd, 2019 / workshop

Bounce

Tendoroni, you've got to be.

art childhood church embarrasment friends impossibility june kids mandy parenthood school

+ 2 Replies and 11 Revisions

Vignette

XX1

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

Myna

February 11th, 2018 / workshop

Sea Glass, Sea Gall

School will soon finally be out.

drone moon school skull

+ 2 Replies and 8 Revisions

Vignette

XX0

Myna

February 11th, 2018 / workshop

Partners No More

If only she were lying.

dominion school

+ 1 Reply and 5 Revisions

Vignette

XX0

Myna

February 3rd, 2018 / workshop

Mount Bastion

"You've been misled, my friends," the gray whale said.

dolphins presidents school voting whales

+ 3 Replies and 10 Revisions

Vignette

XX0

Myna

January 26th, 2018 / workshop

The Gerrymandered Districts of Dolphins and Whales

She instructs those who are young and spritely among her pupils, to practise the most wild, freakish, wanton and romantic gestures.

asteroid school

+ 12 Replies and 8 Revisions

Vignette

XX0

Mako

June 11th, 2016 / workshop

The Interaction

Under construction: now updated.

60s black film interactive school white yellow

+ 8 Replies and 6 Revisions

Vignette

XX0

Myna

October 29th, 2015 / workshop

Marks & Profanes

They live on Ring Street?

aunt clothes first-person school spraypaint war

+ 4 Replies and 10 Revisions

Vignette

XX0

Elk

May 13th, 2015 / workshop

Eastrich

Of the deskbound.

americana desk kids privilege school

+ 7 Replies and 4 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

Cut in Parque Bonaval

Housing Crisis

Strings

The L

The Philosopher’s Satchel

Todd Is a Tiger

Case of the Lost Library

The Dematerialized Zone

Elevationism

Personal Fiction

River Passage

The Easy Charm of the U.S. Navy

Westrich

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

Judgment Day

That’s Not Your Job

Scenes from an Airplane 1

Somerville, New Jersey

Two-Eighteen Through Twenty-One

In Michigan I Know By Now

The Order of the Uplifting

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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