of Stardust and the Beasts
Poetry, prose, stories, and other creative writing experiments.
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 Café & Bistro #8 If there was one thing that our Nervous Poet loved as much as wine and poetry, it was coffee and cake, and just as she was licking her chocolate-stained spoon, her phone lit up with a notification: "I think that's enough of lollygagging for now; you have work to do." Aurelia stared at the very reminder she had set up herself in her time-management app to combat her disruptive procrastination habits—meaning scrolling on social media instead of writing—and let out an audible sigh before telling Denise, "I...
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Ten Thing of Thankful #14 | Music, Community & Behind the Scenes
This week has been very productive for me in the areas of blogging that I usually don't talk about... But also outside of it... Writing down my ten things of grats' has become one of my favorite parts of the week, as it reminds me—someone who is so prone to feeling melancholic—that there is always something to be grateful for... ...by finding those ten things... and by going through what other bloggers have linked up to the hop. Ten Thing of Thankful #14 First—Music. This week, I discovered something completely new to me: a band called Mirar. This type of music—while, yes, it's not for everyone—scratches my brain in all the right places. I've been hooked on it since yesterday, especially...
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Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #8 | The Meeting
Part of my poetry collection, Margins of the First Draft. I had an idea when I actually collected the original poems together. They were supposed to tell a whole story all together and I wonder if anyone even noticed haha. I wonder where this original plot even came from now that I read these again. I guess that's what reading 19th century plays does to you. (Authors Note) The Meeting Dearest mother, Today I did my face, Subtly and garishly My cheeks the colour of peonies And my face pale from fear My eyes swollen from the arsenic I haven’t slept in days Poetry on the Margins #8 A Pretty Kind of Grief What is it about over-romanticizing sleep deprivation and lunacy?Or the Victorians using...
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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...
Six Sentence Story #19 | Prompt Word: SIGNAL
Hello everyone! Another week has passed, and it's time to share my six-sentence story for the lovely blog hop hosted by GirlieOnTheEdge. I absolutely love this community and the challenge of having only six sentences while also incorporating a prompt word! Musically,...
Ten Thing of Thankful #3 | Creativity, Community & Semester’s End
This week went by so fast I didn’t even think of the ten thing of thankful blog hop while living through it. It felt as if I blinked, and it was already gone. The other hoppers’ posts of the week can be read here. Be sure to check them out at this blog hop is the most...