Hush, little kitty don't say a word ( Read more... )

Ok, so I'm wanting to play a bit with icon creation and editing, and some of my favourite icons I've done so far have been based on poetry, so I'm looking for suggestions ( Read more... )

Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire
But if I had to perish twice
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

So I have recording of Vincent Price reciting a poem called "All Saints' Eve." It's gorgeous, but I have been unable to track down who actually wrote it. So I'm posting it here in the hopes that someone recognises it. And so the rest of you can enjoy it :)

Look! There beyond the window-pane ( Read more... )

Today's installment:

Come away with me, into the woods
The path is no place for little girls
Can’t you see where it leads?
An old toothless spinster, helpless in bed
Worn out, torn down, by hard work and age
Is that where you want to go?
Is that who you want to be?

Wouldn’t it be better ( Read more... )

Everyday Weirdness

Ok, so it's just a little poem in an electronic journal, but still . . . It's my first official paid publication.

There, through the broken branches, go
The ravens of unresting thought;
Flying, crying, to and fro,
Cruel claw and hungry throat,
Or else they stand and sniff the wind,
And shake their ragged wings; alas!
Thy tender eyes grow all unkind:
Gaze no more in the bitter glass.

[edit: this is not by me. It's part of "The Two Trees" by W. B. Yeats]

One must have a mind of winter ( Read more... )

I got a poem accepted to Space & Time Magazine. It's not much, but it's the first time I've ever had anyone pay *me* to publish my stuff.

Yes, shadesong, you can say 'I told you so' :)

Being around 'song while she is doing her Wind Tunnel Dreams stories is inspiring. And she's always bugging me to write more, which I should do anyway.

So, here I am begging for story prompts. Unlike shadesong, I am not committing to do one every day. In fact, I'm not committing to *anything*. I will however try to write a story or poem for each prompt ( Read more... )