Welcome to Phoenix’s world-changing Salon
A portmanteau. A treasure trove. A time capsule. A poetry book. A diary. A photo album. Memories. Dreams. Wishes. Hopes. An open letter to an unsuspecting public. An intimate confession to close friends. A declaration of intent. A whisper of love. A personal record. An experiment in introspection. A performance space. A political rant. A wild yawp. Why do any of us publish our words and images online? Come, dream with me.Protected: Facing up to it
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
For the record
I should have disallowed comments on that very personal post of mine that was meant to be merely informative. I have gone back and altered that so that none of the more emotional comments I made are visible. Apologies. I wasn’t in a very stable mood at the time.
Perspective
Nothing like the full American PR machine to put the world into perspective. Bremer: “We got him”. Fascinating statement because it’s possible for him in this media-saturated world to make that statement. We all *know* who “he” is, because if Bremer is making the…
Sean Astin is great
I am so impressed that there is actually a debate between Sean Astin and Elijah Wood in the commentary of LOTR:TTT over whether the line “There’s some good in the world, Mister Frodo and it’s worth fighting for” is an explicit condoning of war or not. Astin tells a…
Protected: Somewhat better
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
Protected: Pollyanna
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
Protected: Closure
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
Protected: Wait, there’s more…
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
Empty
Some of you may have heard that apocraphilia had agreed to be a donor for me and that I was going to try to get pregnant early next year. I was really hoping my first public post about this was going to be a happy announcement of success. We had a signed agreement…
More ResFest
Overload! Overload! Very funky clips and shorts. Interstella 5555 was as superb as the One More Time clip had led me to expect it would be but not as funky as Wave Twisters. Love Roman Coppola’s clip for Phoenix’s Funky Square Dance. Love Isobel Knowles clip for…
Protected: Unsettled
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
Protected: One out of the bag
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
ResFest
Today was long and exhausting but very satisfying. I am now sitting up in my bed having rubbed beautiful L’Occitane foot cream into my tired, sore feet. Just got back from the after-party after-party at Cherry. The after-party at Zargatt was good but finished too…
Protected: Friends in need
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
Protected: About fucking time!
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
Protected: Excellent
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
Not sleeping
God knows why I’m awake but anyhow… was trawling and found a meme I actually like (eep! and yes, I still owe some people answers to questions). Anyhow, a cut-up tool using your LJ as input. Came up with this for me: Let down there right this kind of words and I was…
Protected: Blogger story
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:

Phoenix Emberstone
passionate political poet
These are poems and meanderings that made their way to the page. I’d love to hear what you think of them. Want to get in touch? Drop me a line!
View my portfolio
I am also known as Ro Bersten, a communications specialist with more than 20 years’ experience. See my CV and professional projects.
