of Stardust and the Beasts
Poetry, prose, stories, and other creative writing experiments.
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #7 | the Nervous Poet Finds a Room
For this week's Six Sentence Story in the SSC&B world, I had way too many thoughts: Is it out of character when the one who's afraid of the dark suddenly gets overly curious about the only light in the hallway—or is it just that her curiosity wins over her fear... does reality bend in the café when everyone is off on their own adventure and accidentally bump into each other... does the author lead the character or the character lead the author, and why am I so inclined to find boxes... is a change in the narrator's voice considered poor writing, like the overuse of filler words—or am I simply overthinking it as I sip my pitch-black coffee... the prompt word... it is balloon, I must use it for sure... think I should go downstairs... You can find all the other participants of the...
dVerse OLN #3 | Web of Interpretation
My third entry to the dVerse Open Link Night for poetry. This piece is perhaps one of the most experimental, visceral, and metaphorically exaggerated poems I've written in a long time. Anyway, as this is a blog hop, I cannot let you begin reading without mentioning that we have a link-up where you can find more poetry to feed the hunger. Web of Interpretation I am engulfed by my tortuous desireto make out with a god.I want to shove my tongue in his mouth,inhale his secrets and keep them in my belly, I want to trace his skin like my favorite bookwhile reciting the lines I find most fascinatinguntil "out of context"becomes embedded in my language. I'd do so just to entertain the musethat has been chanting poetry in my earfrom the time I read faerie-tales. But instead,I have been...
Ten Thing of Thankful #11 | Home, Music & Creative Inspiration
Hello everyone! First of all... to those who have noticed a type of a self-made and not highly* promoted schedule here... am sorry.... This weeks Ten Thing of Thankful entry made it to the beginning of a new week because I was not alone, had a lot of cleaning-up to do and honestly, I was way too tired and overwhelmed yesterday evening to do anything besides just exist. All the other TToT's and a way to perhaps participate yourself can be found at the link-up. Ten Thing of Thankful #11 First — the TToT blog hop itself. I feel like a broken record player saying this, but this blog hop has become one of my favorites... There is something healing about showing your gratitude weekly and trying...
Short Story | Lady In-Between
"Lady in-Between" is a short story about a single mother of four coping with the loss of her husband to suicide. The story reveals her internal struggles as she watches her children play, caught between grief and survival. This short story explores the depths of loss and the resilience required to move forward. Short Story | Lady In-Between How many times in my life have I felt completely overwhelmed by the tide of emotions and the ensuing silence of a depression that could incapacitate even the strongest of men? Some say it is the natural flow of life. "There is beauty in the ups and downs" —but I feel as if I am in the sea, desperately keeping myself afloat... Only to be engulfed by the tide behind. And how many times have I accidentally swallowed the water and only then realized how...
Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #11 | Feral
Part of my poetry and reflections project, Margins of the First Draft — What? This is scandalous. (Authors Note) Feral Oh He makes me go feral,Look at me. A kitten,A lioness,A fly,A wolf,A sheep, A lady choking on butterflies. Poetry on the Margins #11 Writers block, or not? Why did I stop writing poetry?This one is actually really good. I always thought it was because poetry made me feel naked.Humiliated.I felt like I was standing butt nakedin front of a crowd with all the lights on me. To create, perhaps, is to be a bitexposed?!?! And perhaps there is a correlation between a naked womanand poetry. After all,I amslightlyscandalous. And I can leave a grown man tongue-tiedif I want to...
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Ten Thing of Thankful #4 | Passing Uni Exams & Summer Break
It has been a few weeks since my last Ten Thing of Thankful entry. As some people may already know, I was very busy with university and the exam period, which is why I was absent from this blog-hop for two weeks. Anyway, if you enjoy reading about gratitude and...
dVerse OLN #2 | Autopsy of Inheritance
This is my second entry for the dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night. If you enjoy poetry or prose, whether you liked mine or not, you can find many more poems over at dVerse, where they regularly post different prompts and blog-hops, or you can explore the other...
Six Sentence Story #21 | Prompt Word: STEAM
Another week has gone by and yet again it is time for a new Six-Sentence Story. This week has been very busy, but I can already say that I did pass math... compared to my first test with 9/40 points, I scored 24/30, and the gap between the two was exactly two months....
Six Sentence Story #20 | Prompt Word: PUZZLE
Another week has passed again, and it’s time for a new six-sentence story. This week I did something a bit different… Even if, in my case, the first person was solely used because the third person took away from the story, I think it is something a lot of us can...
dVerse OLN #1 | Soft Violence
This is my first time participating in a blog-hop for poetry. Be sure to visit the dVerse Poets Pub page and other participants work in the linkup. Soft Violence My soul craves the soft violenceof devouring poems, one by onethe vulture,never full. Words like...