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Odin Roark
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Background in NY/LA entertainment and arts, Now Novelist/Poet/Humanist. Two novels published: ECHOSIS, 3 WAY MIRROR. Poems published in "Said and Unsaid" Vol 1. In 2012 - 2 volumes of my poetry were published: "Prosetry at Work," and "Perceptions" (The latter as photo/prosetry art book on Lulu) I am especially intrigued with prosetry and slam poetry artists, especially those who come across wit
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I've been fortunate (or unfortunate, depending on your POV) to have worked a lifetime in film, stage, TV and writing. Influences have been too many to mention, but some of primary importance have been: David Foster Wallace, Travanian, Paddy Chayefsky, Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Henry Miller, Christopher Hitchens, Norman Mailer and Ray Kurzweil.
Birth Place: Salt Lake, UT America
Accomplishments: Directing Drama-Logue Award
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Books
|  | ECHOSIS by Odin Roark
What causes America's mainstream media to fear and try to destroy a group of artists and their work? What happens when such a creative movement grows in strength and threatens media's bottom line? Why would extremists find it necessary to take action against such a colony of artists?...
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 | Prosetry at Work by Odin Roark
This book represents a thirty-day period of my poetry journal. Each poem addresses
the dominant thoughts occupying my mind during the early morning hours of a given
day....
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 | 3 WAY MIRROR by Odin Roark
3 WAY MIRROR is about a lost identity as experienced by a twenty-eight-year old who thinks he's Charles Randall, until strange events suggest otherwise....
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Short Stories
Dream-Blisters by Odin Roark
Even for genius children, comprehending societal decay remains problematic. (Prosetry/flash fiction)...
The Nap by Odin Roark
A flash fiction/prosetry exploration: Revelations have their own agendas. ...
Empty Airports by Odin Roark
Some prosetry unpacking, a short story hoping to find with time that vagaries will fade, wisdom will appear....
6 Sec. Trailer by Odin Roark
A flash fiction ode to those tween twits who keep the marketing departments employed. Used to be, you 'd seen the only parts of a movie worth paying for when you'd watched the 2 or 3 minute trailer...
When the Wheels Stop Turnin' (flash fiction) by Odin Roark
Age, especially witnessing it in parents, does have it’s lighter moments, few as they might be....
Nomadic Heart by Odin Roark
(Flash Fiction) With so much wanting, so little fulfillment, the problem's solution seems totally out of reach for some.
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Nightmare Tunnel - Merry-go-Round by Odin Roark
An empty subway car in the middle of the night becomes populated with guilt from the past. Balloons, ice cream, stuffed animals are clutched by the accusers in this Nightmare Tunnel trial for a sadist...
Surreal Dummy by Odin Roark
Some flash fiction on the art of seeing what is arguably important to be seen....
Hummingbird at 30,000 ft. by Odin Roark
History never tells the whole story. Many have answers. Some have questions. Thus, an allegory of sorts follows....
Animal Chain Atrocities by Odin Roark
Having just read a book of startling facts associated with the manufacture of the meat supply, purging was the only remedy for depression. Hardly poetic, but perhaps informative.
Findin...
Guilt by Odin Roark
Finding the right format for what needs grounding is troublesome at times... especially when one is addressing a universal malaise and feels impotent to impact a change. So… flash fiction. ...
DARKNESS THREE by Odin Roark
This is a short story lift from my published novel 3 WAY MIRROR. It is a pivotal part of the story, circa the '80s, and the introduction of two characters, Max and Julian who serve as ce...
It's Only Fair by Odin Roark
Just another recall needing time to "be" again....
Hunger Pangs by Odin Roark
Transporting oneself to an imaginary place works wonders for a rainy day. (A prosetry/flash fiction exploration)...
Lest We Forget To Remember by Odin Roark
A prosetry reminder: Some would argue that today’s readers are unaware of how unyielding some writers of yesterday chose to be--at any cost. ...
Reality Becoming... by Odin Roark
A flash fiction question: At what point does existence become something else?...
Counting Backwards by Odin Roark
Sometimes the best way to express long distance journeys is to compress the traveling into bite size passages. Thus, some flash fiction experimenting. ...
Not Much Time by Odin Roark
In this flash fiction/prosetry amalgamation, I tried to picture the planet’s technology leaping ahead exponentially. As such, it’s easy to forget how isolated and intimate happiness can be sometimes. ...
Reality Faced by Odin Roark
(Part flash fiction, part prosetry) Arguably, in order for the middle class to ever rise again in America, the 1% must discover reality again in America....
Nights of the Absurd by Odin Roark
Dedicated to those homeless artists I knew and their daily struggle to stay stable....
Screenplay Pitch by Odin Roark
After 50 years in the biz, I join those whose substantive argument is that thinking out of the box will continue its struggle to reach the big screen. Hunger for what once was artistic collaboration, ...
Looney Tunes Lunacy by Odin Roark
With so little to take one’s mind off insanity’s headlines, flash-fiction dreams have their advantage…once in a while....
Surreal Dummy by Odin Roark
Some flash fiction on the art of seeing what is arguably important to be seen....
A KId's Museum Day by Odin Roark
There are some memories that rear up once in a while and won’t leave you alone. So, a little flash fiction to assuage the itch....
I'm Scared by Odin Roark
2nd chances come along once in a while. ...
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Poetry
Love's Trial by Odin Roark
An existential exploration into the indeterminate nature of every romance; acknowledging Lust versus Reality will usually play out before, during and after love has its day....
Empty Closets by Odin Roark
Discovering inner peace continues to elude the best of intentions. ...
A Scream's Echo by Odin Roark
Screaming is not pleasant, yet we all have screeching inner voices never quieted, only managed…by the fortunate ones. We can only imagine the screams to come in China as their 250 million-transfer of ...
Gotta Play the Game by Odin Roark
Okay, so I'm in a rant mood. (Whatta you s'posed to do with Santana wailin') There’re two kinds of Father’s Day: the one that tries to celebrate, well, Fatherdom. Then there’s the other: please ...
A Father's Legacy by Odin Roark
As fathers, it’s difficult to not “father” our children. And then there are the exceptions, another breed of parent, providing discovery rather than command. I was fortunate to the have the latter. ...
Fathering Trust by Odin Roark
No one person can speak for all fathers, or all children, but there is something universally shared by this value we attempt to define as trust. Regardless of gender (or object as vessel, abstractly e...
Window Teacher by Odin Roark
Although this work is based only my memories observing the plight of a ‘60s’ inner-city education, those unfortunate people had their lives riddled with obstacles, some of which continue today, especi...
Dream-Blisters by Odin Roark
Even for genius children, comprehending societal decay remains problematic. (Prosetry/flash fiction)...
Nomadic Treasure by Odin Roark
It is arguable, no matter how many friends, family et al we have, the ultimate solace will be provided by ourselves. ...
Winter Cabin Reality by Odin Roark
We take for granted so many privileges. Here’s some attempted levity on one easy to overlook. ...
One's Lesser Twin by Odin Roark
It is easy to forget sometimes how synergistic everything is at one time or another. Personification helps.
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Dogging the Walk by Odin Roark
A little of Rachel Portman’s “Benny and Joon” goes a long way in waking up this often jaundiced and wacky mind. Indulge me in a little spoonerism....
Poets Escape by Odin Roark
Some of us are forever caught up in the why of our being. ...
Shadow of Ignorance by Odin Roark
As Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” purports, it is hard at times to hold people accountable when in actuality they choose to not know any better. ...
Remembered Moments by Odin Roark
Needing to give myself a lighter moment, I perused my parent's scrapbooks, finding bittersweet reminders of stories once told that longed to be reminisced. ...
Time's Birthday by Odin Roark
Ruminations for the species inventing Time. ...
Enslaving Love by Odin Roark
There’s an erosion taking place that is so silent, so unobtrusive, few are aware. ...
Orphaned Slab (flash fiction/prosetry) by Odin Roark
Loss and hope from tornadoes affects everything, even an…...
Where Go Dreams? by Odin Roark
Some would argue, personal reality is first a dream....
Chalk Dust by Odin Roark
How soon before this too will join the annals of simple-tool-extinction?...
Curtain Time by Odin Roark
Illusions control more of our lives than we admit....
Tears Never Wept by Odin Roark
At times, compassion seems to be in rare supply. ...
The Little Wave That Could by Odin Roark
Having yet to prove Nature is without sensations, awareness, et al, who’s to say our imagination is invalid? ...
Rain's Innocent Guilt by Odin Roark
Nature never promised us a rose garden. We invented that. And what have we given in exchange?...
Ambition by Odin Roark
Seems no amount of awareness is enough....
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Articles
Cavemen in Tuxedos (an editorial) by Odin Roark
The world’s accelerated chaos begs perhaps unanswerable questions. One must regret it’s not an American exclusive problem....
Ghost Town Ghosts by Odin Roark
The country’s leadership is in a shambles… elections carried forth for the right reasons are a joke. Where might the awakening reside?...
Note to Self by Odin Roark
Climbing some rock then a quick dip in the ocean below… For some of us, it doesn’t get any better....
Essay on Poetic Theory by Odin Roark
Although dense in its layout, Oppen's remarkable essay is well worth the annoyance....
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