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.

Oy vey

I can soo ima­gine having this conversation:http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/019126.htmlSmall boy: So abor­tion isn’t like killing, it’s like stopping?Small boy’s mother: Yes, honey…it’s all very com­plic­ated, but, some people think that a baby can’t be…

Prejudice, advertising and degree

For those who haven’t seen this seg­ment on the Gruen Trans­fer, go and watch it first. Be warned, it’s offens­ive and designed to be. (For over­seas read­ers, the Gruen Trans­fer is a TV show ana­lys­ing advert­ising with com­pet­it­ors cre­at­ing ads for out­rageous briefs.)The…

Life update

Not a lot of time to sit and write and yet tons of time sitting.I feel like we are get­ting on top of this crazy jour­ney… although change is a con­stant, so it’s more that I am learn­ing to flow with the changes.The money from the video com­pet­i­tion prize came through…

Phoenix Emberstone

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!

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I am also known as Ro Ber­sten, a com­mu­nic­a­tions spe­cial­ist with more than 20 years’ exper­i­ence. See my CV and pro­fes­sional projects.