A Terzanelle-- modified form of a villanelle, using interlocking rhyme pattern, iambic pentameter, five triplets and a quatrain. There is a specific form of line repetition to follow. It's a bit like figuring out a puzzle while writing it.
Dedicated to Bogart Alexander, my newly acquired Ghost Cat.
Real events of childhood are sometimes funny, disgusting, alarming, and insightful all at once. Enjoy!
In Thriller Suite -- appearing serially for the first time on Wattpad -- Margaret Atwood has gathered these new poems inspired by her long history as a reader of strange tales, from 19th century gothic classics to ghost stories to crime fiction and thrillers. Poems that cross thresholds...
A short story based on a real-life experience wherein I briefly entertained the financial possibilities available to me as a sperm donor. You read right.
One of the many strange possibly alien-related events that have happened to me.
First draft of a free verse styled poem echoing the staccato style of seizures I endure too often. I have another draft that I like much better, and is finer crafted through more revisions but since it was submitted for possible publishing in an anthology I will not print it here. I'll let you know if the revised v...
This is a prose poem so be prepared for that type of expression. The idea is to condense as much as possible into a small space, but in a style similar to prose yet poetic in word choice. Note word sounds. They are intentional. I want you to hear what I heard in those moments. This is a true series of interconnecte...
