Jason Zapata

Tag: homage

  • The Calling

    By Jason Zapata

    This is the type of place where a conscience
    Does more harm than good.
    This is the type of place where noble beings
    Are misunderstood. (more…)

  • The Emperor’s New Clothes

    By Jason Zapata

    Ignorant of his troubled kingdom and
    His subject’s woes
    Someone needs to tell the emperor to
    Put on some clothes
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  • Wicked: The Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the West By Gregory Maguire

    Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is a victory in revisionist fictional writing. The novel is based on the origins of the Wicked Witch of the West. The author takes his time in establishing his interpretation of OZ. In wonderful detail we are told of the different races such as the Munchkin Landers, Quadlings, and Arjiki. Maguire even goes so far as to create a volatile political climate. The Wizard of Oz is portrayed as a cruel dictator determined to strip away the rights of Animals (not to be confused with animals). These are talking beasts who strive to be first class citizens. But the real fulcrum on which this story rests is the complicated character of Elphaba – who eventually becomes the infamous Wicked Witch of the West.
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  • Wheat Field with Crows

    By Jason Zapata

    I was the one to find you.
    You were in the very field you painted.
    The wind sighed. The wheat swayed.
    You lay still.
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