of Stardust and the Beasts

Poetry, prose, stories, and other creative writing experiments.

 

the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #2 | the Nervous Poet & the Azure Box

Another week has passed, and we have our Six Sentence Story featuring the Nervous Poet, who accidentally found herself at the Six Sentence Café and Bistro in my last week's entry. The story is a collaborative one, and you can read about the happenings at the café from several perspectives—and discover some other of their work along the way... Here are a few of the writers/blogs involved: the Wakefield Doctrine, inSPIRAtion, Luna's on line, Messymimi's meanderings, and of course we can not forget our hostess of the six-sentence blog hop, Denise at Girlie On The Edge. This week's entries to the six sentence challenge can be found at the link-up, as usual. Please do check them out and perhaps you want to participate too. the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #2 "What the heck do I do now, this...

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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 positive vibes one I have found in a long time. Ten Thing of Thankful #3 First—I have to once again bring up the community of the Six-Sentence blog hoppers. As a writer, I always felt I was far too different to truly fit in, but the more I write, the more I begin to see my own evolution. Writing is a skill, yes—but also a way to stay creative, and that creative part of me is something that keeps me going through the hectic...

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Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #4 | His Eyes

This piece is part of Margins of the First Draft—a collection of very old poems. This was one of the first poems I ever wrote and published. Considering how young I was when I started writing, this one feels especially strange, because at that age, I knew very little about love. (Authors Note) His Eyes His eyes If that was not poetry Written in two words I. Don’t. Do. Poetry Poetry on the Margins #4 First memory Do you remember your very first love?Or an instance of meeting someone for the very first time?Or meeting a pair of eyes as such,depicted in this poem? I wonder if a poemcould carry the whole essence of a person —like their eyes do. I remember my mother telling methat the eyes are...

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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.