of Stardust and the Beasts
Poetry, prose, stories, and other creative writing experiments.
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #5 | the Nervous Poet Finds the Roof
And we have a new story for the Six Sentence Story blog hop created by Denise. This week I also wrote two sixes: this one for the collaborative world of the SSC&B (all of the participants are listed at this post on the Wakefield Doctrine) and another one simply because I was in the mood to write... you can read it right here... As always, there are plenty of other participants in the hop—some truly great authors, by the way—so do check them out at the link-up. the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #5 "It might be even more odd if I went home already," Aurelia thought to herself as she felt overwhelmed by the crowd that had gathered around the bar and her newly established fixation with finding the roof. If one witnessed the sudden movements she made to get up and walk away from the bar,...
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 daggers,swallowed whole,and my throatreeksof rotten flesh. But nothing comparesto the act of constructing one yourself. Purgatory my mouth full of flies,the words keep dripping,one by one,down my neck drip, drip, drip,drip, drip across my bosom, a splattered poem, like coffee stainson my favorite book.
Ten Thing of Thankful #8 | Aurelia, Coffee & Creative Joy
Ooh, it's Sunday, and I just remembered that the week is over and I should probably share my Ten Things of Thankful for the week, which has become kind of a ritual for me to show gratitude for the little things in life. Those little things matter because, all together, they make a big thing—if that makes sense, haha. Also, reading all the other authors' thankfuls makes the community feel super tight-knit and alive. It's truly a surge of serotonin at the end of the week. Please do check them out at the link-up! Ten Thing of Thankful #8 First — Six Sentence Story challenges provided by Girlie on the Edge. I wrote my first Six Sentence Story for the blog hop on May 26, 2022; that was shortly...
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Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #9 | Expectation
Part of my poetry collection, Margins of the First Draft—a piece about the courage to feel, to love without demands, and to say it out loud. P.S. Looking at this many years after its creation feels a little awkward—where has the drama in my writing gone? I used to have such a vivid imagination, and that 19th-century influence seems to have faded. (Authors Note) Expectation So I stood there, my garments drenched Just like when I was a child, Standing barefoot in our garden, With rain running down my skin Waiting, deluged by poetry untold Choking on words I could not make rhyme Poetry on the Margins #9 Scribbles on the margins Why are we scared to show our true emotions?To tell the people...
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Ten Thing of Thankful #1 | A New Tradition
Since my blog and creative work often lean toward the dark and gloomy, I thought this blog hop might be a lovely chance to show, and also remind myself, that there are still things to be grateful for. So this is my very first entry for the Ten Thing of Thankful (TToT)...
Six Sentence Story #16 | Prompt Word: SHUFFLE
This week’s blog hop and six-sentence story was one I felt quite hesitant about, because every time I reread it, it somehow manages to become more and more depressive. I’m not entirely sure why—maybe it comes from writing for and while loops in university to the point...
Six Sentence Story #15 | Prompt Word: RELAY
This week’s prompt word for the six-sentence story in our community of blog hoppers was really fun to work with. Over time, I had several different ideas circling in my head on how to use it and make the story a bit different from what I usually write. I wanted...
Six Sentence Story #14 | Prompt Word: ORDER
For some reason, I’ve always liked to step in and out of characters when I write. I’ve also noticed something a bit strange about my process in the weekly six-sentence story blog hops: I tend to write the sentence with the prompt word first and then build the rest of...
Poetry On the margins of the Second Draft #2 | Fragmented Poetry
I have wanted to do this for a while—try something like hybrid writing and mix poetry with reflections on the process itself. Sometimes it’s strange, as my mind tends to get inspired by lines from my old work, and then I write something new. The last Margins came to...