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The Bel Esprit Project, co. est. 2020
"Either you had Bel Esprit or you did not have it."
- Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
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MARCH 2025
ISSUE 55
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Belle du Jour
An. I mean I don’t know. I’ll try. I can’t move. And God, my head. My head. Please, I’m trying. I mean I hardly slept. I had that...

Just because …
Just because I have an idea Does not mean it is a good idea. Just because my idea is a good one Does not mean it is the only good one....

Elizabeth
How is it possible that the presence of one small person can unblock the waterways of the heart And allow ships of sadness to finish...

Cassandra
On an island only in my mind, Nothing more on than what I need. Wind caresses my waterlogged hair, Chills crawl down my spine, and take...

Pot Testation or, An Instant of Noodles
I bought a pot. It wasn’t huge, but enough to cook instant noodles in my dorm, so they no longer had to be wiggly, crunchy, oily puffed,...

The Ache of Human
We’re all frail To ache is human The present world levels us into trembling Human gobbling human But we must recall that we’re all shaky...


Behind The Belle Motel
I’m 35 taking a piss outside a purple house in Belle, Missouri. This is our off day. I’m supposed to be asleep. Recovering. But I could...

The Death & Life of Beowulf
By Jacob Ian DeCoursey (Read from Bottom to Top)
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