Spirits Of The Dark
Poem Wearing the night the deer inhales the winter air steam looking at the grass the bird catches midnight snacks blood screaming the world the fox observes the moon white licking its coat...
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First Experience
Haibun The family room lights are off. Daylight streams through windows flanking the chimney. She and I sit on a plaid-upholstered couch in an awkward silence. We broke up last week over an...
Белая Ночь (White Night)
Poem White night, wan night, Winter gloaming has come, A single song on the crusty snow Dies from the beak of a bird Who has sung too late; He’s the last one and...
On Longing
Poem it was the solitary light that blinked in the window across the alley and reminded me that somewhere else you were waiting for me to light my own to send you the...
Cold Light
Poem When my world went cold and dark You put a bright flame up Lit the darkest corners I am drawn to it Yet Much of me feels I’m not supposed To be...
A Christmas Poem for the Lonely
Poem I know the sleigh bells are ringing and the Furs are more Noble than they are any other time of the year. Fire places usually dark and dusty are finally lit and...
Suit of Light
Poem There was that time I saw El Cordobéz in the city of Leganes, sharing the bill with Padilla and Encabo. El Cordobéz was in his golden traje de luces. Still impetuous, disdainful,...
Animal Dilemmas – Bar-headed Goose Flamingo
Short Story ‘More eggs less trouble,’ would the Flamingo say after days of silence. The flamingos around it would repeat its words and some will fly away to carry them to the far...
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part Five – The Brewer 1
Serial Fiction Note from the narrator: I hope you understand my pencil. For it has been speeding on the pages ahead of my mind. Full of the wind. Empty of reality. Dreaming of...
Giving Thanks – Part Three
Serial Fiction Patrick couldn’t be sure how long it had been since he jumped ship. The whiskers on his face had grown long and he felt older somehow. The sadness of his situation...
Alarm Clock Pointing West
Spoken Word New Years Eve tells tales Champagne wishes bloom at night Signs they may come true Everywhere you see Plans coming to fruition Notwithstanding booze Further down the road The obstacles placed...
