“Influenced” by Katalyn Louis Parks
You’re more than this,
And greater still,
It’s just the teasing of your heart.
Unremitting consequences,
Beaten down,
By something docile as a dart.
It yearns again,
It powers through,
This is a bad example of me.
I’ve hit my peek,
And this is it,
But there’s still something I have to be.
I hear sobbing,
Is it mine?
Am I even in the room?
There’s something less,
I’m greater than,
But […]
A Soothsayer’s Rune
A bard misplaced in time
Paints portraits in moist soil
And buries dreams in cloth
As sky glows evening blue
And black crows caw from wing.
Night veils its secret thoughts
In mist within the grove
Unto which she is drawn
To enter a portal
To the forgotten side.
Warm breezes brush her knees
At fringe of thin tunic
As old minstrel poets
Recite prophetic verse
From atop ancient […]
Setting Your Writing Price Doesn’t Always Represent Your Writing’s Worth
Some writers have it tough trying break out of the persona of the starving artist. Another issue many writers face is dealing with the fact that other writers in different niches or focus areas might raise an eyebrow when the subject of money comes up. If you ever want to see virtual sparks fly, be […]
The Ghostwriter’s Booksigning
I went to a book signing for a book I wrote the other night–only another person, a kind doctor, signed the books. The cover of the book features his smiling face and this same image graces the posters that were propped all around the store.
But it would be impossible for you to find even the […]
The Lost Scent of Orange Blossoms
I grew up in
Southern California
Where my family
Ate home cooked
Meals together.
That world died
A horrible, slow death.
Murdered
Like in a horror movie—
A corporate hit job.
Bulldozers and chain saws
Killed it and
Dragged the corpses off
Without a trial.
The replacements were
Televisions,
Fast food,
Video games,
Internet;
Reality shows.
Back in that magical,
Childhood kingdom
Where kids cultivated imaginations
There was an orange grove
Across the street.
The tree man
In kaki pants
And black […]
Warrior Of Light Issue nº 179 - The first cardinal virtue: Faith
First we spoke in this space of the seven capital sins. The series enjoyed a wide repercussion among readers, which made me very happy. But what about the seven cardinal virtues?
The sins come before the virtues. As a wise man said, he who has not sinned has no merit in his virtue – because he […]
Dreaming South
reflecting new-born lust wanderer the lover
sucks the new illusion another mile of country road
dancing his sight with cornfields and soft destroyed broken light
the sky will burn and Friday night is far away for blond girls
and easy rides and summer rain drive- in kisses
diaphanous mythical women with marble torsos
and suns and golden red blue rivers of […]
“To Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve” by Katalyn Louis Parks
A secret inside me,
It’s feeding off my wealth,
But I do what I can,
To preserve it’s health,
If whispers reach their ears,
It could jinx it’s core,
And paranoia tears me up,
As it’s happened once before.
This feeling is too real,
And I can’t close my eyes,
It’s stuck on me, I’m stuck on it,
That was part of the surprise,
I’ve seen it […]
Black Coffee
Black Coffee
By Robert Lamb
The young waitress, bottle blonde, was back again. “Made up your mind yet?” She sounded impatient and indifferent at the same time.
Just coffee, I told her. Black. No cream.
“I need something stronger,” Jenny said. “Do you serve wine?”
The waitress nodded, chewed gum, checked […]
The Gift of Reason
Sadly, it seemed
Everything she had accepted as truth
Could no longer sustain her. Shattered, her life lay in
Ruins. If only she had had
Enough wisdom to
Think before opening her mouth… for
She now knew there were those things better left unsaid
