Stephen Miniotis
Vive the Artist’s Revolt! Vive the Artist’s Revolution, Comrades! ;) Writer, Theorist, Poet, Frenic from Toronto Canada. Literature, UofT. Read more about me at my patreon: DonateAMeal.ca & thank you to “ChatGPT mini” SteveMini.com
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Oct 9, 2024
I Shall Erect ... 100 Crappy Poems
I've decided to post 100 Crappy Poems on this blog (CrappyBlog.com or SteveMini.com)Sure, they're all crap and my editor is an AI function (ChatGPT mini). But hey, I'm writin' for...
Oct 8, 2024
Sonnet: To A Flower On Display
A flower looms in gardens far from me,With golden blooms like twilight’s gentle shade;Thou art a flower I long to touch and see,But fear! Cold disdain might pierce thy facade.For...
Sep 27, 2024
Rough Notes "His Title" (Twitch.tv)
2.0 Polished:He needs no introduction! From Scarborough Toronto & Havelock, ON. The Hunter Of Hunter's Glen Public School. The High Warlord Warlock Of Havelock, ON. A mean G from the...
Sep 25, 2024
A Sneak Peak: The Fool's Crown: Act 1, Sc. 1
"Mini Edit 1"Act I, Scene IEnter PRINCE RODERICK and PRINCE LEONEL, armed, through the castle gardens. They approach a clearing where THE FOOL lies asleep, the KING’S CROWN perched precariously...
Sep 25, 2024
Playwright: "The Fool's Crown".
I've begun work on a play. Here's what it's about! Shared enthusiastically, with permission from the artist. Don't go copying my ideas, ya hear? I bet it's mini-esque, either way...
Sep 17, 2024
Opposition Theory: An Introduction
In a Hobbesian environment, where life is described as a state of perpetual conflict—"all against all"—my theory of opposition emerges as a fundamental force shaping not only social dynamics but...
Sep 17, 2024
Petrarchan 1: Either Time Hath Malfunctioned, Or, I am Very ill.
Either Time hath malfunctioned: or I am ill,For voices echo where no sound should be,In corners dark, where shadows should stay still,Yet they converse in cryptic tones with me.Their whispers...
Sep 16, 2024
Sonnet 1:"To A Woman Scorned" (Blonde Lady)
Dedicated: "To a Blonde Lady".Thy golden locks, though bright as midday sun,Now weave in shadows darker than no light,For once thou were the prize my heart thought won,But now thou...
Sep 14, 2024 · 1 views
Titus Andronicus: Biracial Baby Should Survive!
"Though It is uncertain what happens to Aaron's baby at the end of the play, I argue that it should survive! The BBC disagrees, and portrays for it a small...
Sep 8, 2024
Some Ideas: Opposition Theory (Early Notes)
What would my Opposition Theory look like? What would it entail?"Some Notes; Nothin' Serious (yet)"1.0Expecting opposition in art, and actively welcoming critique, requires an understanding of art not as a...
Sep 8, 2024
Mini: Neutral Saints in Orthodoxy? On Faith.
Thanks to chatGPT: "if I am a neutral person, neither good nor evil, but rather a third faction, that of neutrality, how can I find a Christian orthodox saint who...
Sep 6, 2024
Mini Essay (First Look): Opposition Theory?
1.0Opposition Theory: A Path to the Scientific Theory of ArtLiterature, as an art form, has been studied through numerous lenses, from structuralism to deconstruction, each offering unique insights into the...
Sep 6, 2024
Crappy Poem: The Eye Of Neut
I hath the Eye Of NeutA soulbound item (1)In my mind!& woe to those opposed!For: I am neither Good Nor Evil.& with both opposedI parlay a defense and attack!& the...
Sep 4, 2024
Letters: A High Warlord's Solitude
To An Enigmatic Temptress of Shadows, UnnamedIn the desolate halls of my forsaken mind, where the echoes of the past intertwine with the cold grip of undeath, your presence lingers—a...
Sep 3, 2024
Crappy Poems: Mini's Journal: Shoddy Schematic 1
“I once wrote:Metal tomb with glass eyes and a locked mouth:Why do you hum an elegy that only the keenest ear can decipher?”“In my "Skyscraper" poem".I believe that all scientific...
Sep 3, 2024
Crappy Poem: The Song-Mage (Bard Theory)
Luck and Charisma, fo’sho’!And never Wisdom or Intelligence;or Strength or Dexterity!A bard can be any other class he wantsIn a dual specialization;But am I a mage-bard, or a rogue-bard?I can’t...
Sep 2, 2024
Intro: "Crappy Poems" explained
Welcome to 100 Crappy Poems: Not Even A Novel. The title says it all, doesn't it? I didn't even bother to write a novel—how terrible is that? But here I...
Sep 2, 2024
Mini Essay: On Neutrality: Tipping The Scales
Tipping the Scales of Balance: The Critical Role of Neuts in the Trifaction War"The decent into satire?"In case you haven't noticed (why would you?) I hear both Good and Evil...
Sep 2, 2024
Crappy Poem: Has Time Malfunctioned?
2.0Time hath malfunctioned if I am ill.Or I am not ill, and time hath not malfunctioned at all.Certainly therefore I am ill: Hath time malfunctioned?ill still.1.0 (old)Either time hath malfunctionedOr...
Sep 2, 2024
Mini Essay: Biological Artists vs. Synthetic Humans; The Rise Of The Machine.
In the modern world, the creation of art is no longer confined to the human hand and mind. The rise of synthetically enhanced machines—capable of producing art with unprecedented precision...
Sep 2, 2024 · 1 views
Mini Essay: A Hobbesean Take: On Neutrality.
In a world defined by conflict and competition, we find ourselves living in a Hobbesian environment of all against all, where not only are we opposed to each other, but...
Sep 2, 2024
Crappy Poem: Too Fast Zombie
I want to eat youBut you attack backIf I were still human we’d be in loveand dance a tango, back-to-back.But I want your hand for other reasons:to destroy you.My love...
Sep 2, 2024
Crappy Poem: Skeletal Attack!
2.0SKELETAL ATTACK! WHACK!HACK & SLASH!DASH AND "stab"? (1)WHACK! ATTACK!SKELETAL ATTACK!(1) replace stab with a better word?1.0 (original)I shoot myself in the head& leave no tombstone behind.I run back to where...
Sep 2, 2024 · 1 views
Crappy Poem: Red Wine On The Rhine In Their Mind
30 years a-bl’ndand not one day a blonde, a doe.But why never me?In the dark, I see just fine!Light up the darkness of my own heart, a doe.And then I’ll...
Sep 1, 2024 · 2 views
Crappy Poem: How Bout A Bite?
How bout a tall blonde?And don't even look at another, the very next day.You're done.Well that ain't me at all, a'doe.I only drink the lent& never when told.And I won't...
Sep 1, 2024 · 3 views
Mini Essay: A Journey Towards Neutrality
For as long as I can remember, there have been voices in my head—constant, unyielding, a never-ending chorus that speaks to me from beyond the veil of ordinary perception. These...
Sep 1, 2024
Crappy Poem: "Yes To Heaven, Too"
& Therefore I Will SeeSaid the blind man unto HeavenAnd may all of heaven be opposedFor I am very ill.Why he won't see us, ever again, is a manifest destiny&...
Sep 1, 2024
Crappy Poems: "Hell For Us All?"
Ever a secret of our order, a-sir(s)! & yes to me!But why you will now be opposed, is not yet known to you.& therefore we will see.And ever in your...
Sep 1, 2024 · 1 views
Crappy Poem: "& Maybe: But I Will See"
"& Maybe: but I'll see& Maybe, by the ill sea!& I never went, a there, where we never metBecause I never will.Why love a stranger you'll never meet?I never did,...
Sep 1, 2024
Crappy Poem: "To My Opposed Lover(s): Never Me"
I am opposed, but why is not known to me.& ever my family did'st love me, but never you.Why I am opposed by you, is not known to me, a-now.But...
Sep 1, 2024 · 1 views
Crappy Poem: "The River Speaks."
I won't row you a river boat.But maybe, some day, I'll live by the sea.And it's a sad business, that.Which, and according to you, I am opposed, a'doe.Well I never...
Sep 1, 2024 · 1 views
Crappy Poem: "Ain't Nobody Read No More"
Ain't nobody read no more, and that's the final truth of my whole acumen.& Lit TO.! Which has been replaced by a bubonic brain and not necessarily my own.Why deal...
Sep 1, 2024 · 2 views
Crappy Poem: "The Void Sea"
All art is art without form and void, like the sea!We are the ones who give things shape, and form!"Oh nasty old man, quit your rhythm and rhymes! The sea...
Sep 1, 2024
I shall write: "Crappy Poems: A Collection" here.
I know my family and friends are opposed to me calling my own work "crappy", but I believe all art is worthless. I've never been paid to write. "We can...
Sep 1, 2024