of Stardust and the Beasts
Poetry, prose, stories, and other creative writing experiments.
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #9 | How Rude is This?
Every week, Denise, aka GirlieOnTheEdge , gives us a prompt word for a story that must be written in exactly six sentences. It has become one of my favorite ways to construct a story— or a poem —and, even more so, I have discovered that contributing to the collaborative world of the Six Sentence Café & Bistro walk-ins is far more fun than I ever imagined when I was first invited. Anyway, last week, someone asked in the comments under Denise’s post where they could read all of the stories to catch up to the plot, and I thought that Denise’s reply was incredibly helpful for that purpose… This week’s entries can be found through the link-up , where you’ll discover many talented authors sharing their work, so please do check it out. the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #9 “You need to…
a POEM IN SIX #2 | Prompt Word: YARN
Какая ночь! Я не могу and Не гляди на меня с упрёком : These songs were playing on repeat as I wrote this poem. I used to write like this quite often—from an emotion or thought evoked by a song—and I wanted to see if I could still do it. So the poem is largely inspired by the original poems, used as lyrics here, but from the perspective of a woman. PS: I’ve always admired how direct and emotionally unflinching Sergey Yesenin’s poetry is. It’s all the more haunting knowing that he died not long after writing these… or how the end of his life played out… or how he wrote his last poem… truly… overwhelmingly tragic. Also, Denise gives us the prompt words and hosts the Six Sentence Story hops weekly… all the six-sentence entries of this week can be found at the link-up . Yarn…
Ten Thing of Thankful #13 | Writing, Poetry & Music
Showing my gratitude weekly has become something of an enjoyable routine for me. The Ten Thing of Thankful blog hop has this mood-lifting effect, both from trying to find your own ten grats’ for the list and from reading everyone else’s. You can find all the other participants or chose to link-up yourself at the link-up . Ten Thing of Thankful #13 First — I was very productive in the area of writing this week. And editing, too. I am proud of myself because I think I wrote some really cool things this time, and they’re all a bit different. I removed one passage from the SSC&B story that described Aurelia’s building. I actually liked it, but it slowed the story down a bit… For those…
Short Story | The Silence Between Us
This is another piece in the ‘Dead Poet’ “series” or something. It’s a short story inspired by the the six-sentence story of the same name that written for a prompt. In it, the protagonist falls deeply in love with a person through their poetry, only to remain alone for a lifetime. I hope I’ve captured the feeling of being in love with something unattainable well enough. Short Story | The Silence Between Us I feel like I have nothing left to write these days. Instead of creating, I’ve been sitting on my bed in a vegetative state, guilt accumulating with every sip of wine I take. I know I should be writing—or doing something, anything. Sometimes, I catch myself simply waiting for nightfall, just so I can curl up and pretend to sleep, though occasionally, I find myself fantasizing instead….
Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #20 | Nothing
The final piece of Margins of the First Draft—a strange piece of poetry about inspiration being found in someone elses work. I’m a little sad that this is the last piece of this section.Hopefully, I’ll create more in the future as I myself liked making it, I think I have become a better writer all thanks to this section and the six-sentence stories on my blog. (Authors Note) Nothing “I will die, doing nothing ” You have inspired the art of other people And that is tenfold more… Than having died “ Doing nothing” Poetry on the Margins #20 A little note Art can definitely change the world into a better place,softening the harsh, cruel reality that we all tend to experience at one point or…
Poetry On the margins of the Second Draft #3 | Bad Poetry
The pieces here aren’t really poems—I’m not doing as much poetry or reflection as I am just… writing. The Second Margins were meant to be more of a messy, experimental corner of my blog—something that might ignite my imagination and lead me back to poetry. However, if I manage, I may begin sharing some poems separately as well—either parts from here or entirely new ones that feel a bit more presentable for a blog hop. Because, well, it seems I really enjoy writing and reading those too. If I tried to write poetry about my bad cravings… I think I am a violent being by nature… My mother always told me that chocolate(one of my favorite things on this earth)is supposed to be indulged in…
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #9 | How Rude is This?
Every week, Denise, aka GirlieOnTheEdge , gives us a prompt word for a story that must be written in exactly six sentences. It has become one of my favorite ways to construct a story— or a poem —and, even more so, I have discovered that contributing to the…
a POEM IN SIX #2 | Prompt Word: YARN
Какая ночь! Я не могу and Не гляди на меня с упрёком : These songs were playing on repeat as I wrote this poem. I used to write like this quite often—from an emotion or thought evoked by a song—and I wanted to see if I could still do it. So the poem is largely…
Ten Thing of Thankful #13 | Writing, Poetry & Music
Showing my gratitude weekly has become something of an enjoyable routine for me. The Ten Thing of Thankful blog hop has this mood-lifting effect, both from trying to find your own ten grats’ for the list and from reading everyone else’s. You can find all the other…
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #8 | Returning Home
This is my weekly entry for the Six Sentence Story writing prompt hosted by Denise . I also wrote another entry this week that’s a little different from this one. You can read all the contributions from the other participating authors at the link-up . the Six Sentence…
Six Sentence Story #25 | Prompt Word: PINCH
For this week’s Six Sentence Story—the prompt Denise provides us every week—I wrote a rather sad and dark piece of prose from the point of view of someone forced to care for a loved one struggling with addiction. As the subject may be distressing for some readers,…