of Stardust and the Beasts
Poetry, prose, stories, and other creative writing experiments.
Six Sentence Story | Chaos #4 | FFS!
This week is not friendly! I don't wanna do this humaning thingie! I wanna sleep!!! Anyway, the weekly prompts are provided by Denise and you can read all entries at the link-up. Six Sentence Story | Chaos #4 Truthfully speaking, this week has been one big of a !!!!!UUUUUUUGHHHH NOT AGAIN!!!!! I have never, in all this time living in Tallinn, wanted to go home more than this week—just fuck off from the earth, crawl into my bed, and have my boyfriend wrap his arms around me, hold me like the lazy ffing burrito that I am, and pet my head… Firstly, my back hurts; secondly, my eyes were burning for three days; thirdly, my throat is scratchy; fourthly, my hair keeps tickling me; and then I have a ton of things to do that I have no energy to do, and yet I spent two full days doing God knows...
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #13 | Linked to dVerse OLN
This week's installment in the world of the Six Sentence Café is a bit special. It happens to be the night of the poetry slam, my 100th post on this blog, and the first time in a very long while that I've added a recording to one of my poems (and kept it as natural as possible)... aaaaand all that on the last free week before school! YAY! I wanted to celebrate this tiny milestone with both of the communities that have inspired me to keep writing and sharing my creative work with the world—not only by providing the prompts, but by reading and sharing their own stories and poetry, too... Truly, I am so fricken' grateful... and participating in these managed to pull me out of what one would call a-looming-black-hole-of-depression-brewing. Thank you both for existing, to be part of you...
Ten Thing of Thankful #26 | Am One of the Co-HOSTINAE?!
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!Click here to enter Ten Thing of Thankful #26 First — Ten Things of Thankful. As you probably noticed, there is a fancy new widget at the top of this post… Well, It seems that I have been invited to become one of the co-hostinae of this super awesome blog hop with a super awesome community. This hop has compelled me to look at my own life, no matter how hectic or chaotic it has been during the week, and find something in it to be grateful for. It really does benefit one in ways that I never imagined. So, please do check out other participants and perhaps consider participating too, to see if you enjoy it as much as I do. Second — Six Sentence Crowd...
dVerse PROSERY #1 | I Know What You Are
And this week I learned that even if I try to write prose, it doesn't resemble conventional prose. Eugh. But the dVerse Prosery prompt gave me an idea, so I just went with the creative flow... thanks dVerse... for giving me the juices on this rainy day. All the other participants' entries can be read at the link-up. The line I had to use in my prose (up to 144 words) was "I am the creature who smells your darkest thoughts" from Jaguar Song. The entire piece can be accessed here. I Know What You Are As you lie there motionless with limbs of stone, praying to the gods that went deaf after you spilled your guts... I am the presence that listens, the one that spits back, the thing that stayed... the vengeful echo of your innermost secrets... Oh yes, my dear, I am the creature who smells your...
Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #19 | Acceptance
Part of my poetry collection, Margins of the First Draft — where I write more poetry inspired by my old poetry. Poetry is weird, this piece I actually read many times and thought that wow, it's like from a 19th century play or something. (Authors Note) Acceptance But mother, Can you not see He makes my heart sing My fingers dancing on the keys of an old Dusty Pianoforte, Out of tune And I keep hitting the wrong notes But my heart hums And perhaps, I am A Jester of love But love I do Poetry on the Margins #19 I do To love is courageous, and to admit it even more so. To feel —there's something humanly imperfect, and yetbeautiful, in it. And to think that we don't choosewho we love —love...
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 life in the same way. I read an old poem and then got the idea to add to it. While the emotions in my poetry may sometimes come from real things in life, I have this unusual process of abstraction and a very overactive imagination, which makes even my reflections a product of it. Fragmentation of the mind This is not poetry—this is the mess around it… a girl trying to write,getting distracted by her own thoughts… staring at the...
Six Sentence Story #27 | Prompt Word: CURSE
This Six is a bit of an experiment. Those who have followed me for a while may remember my first Sixes, and I wanted to play with my storytelling a bit, to see if I still got it in me to write in this way, lol... or sorta like that... I have been crazy busy these past...
Ten Thing of Thankful #24 | Writing Communities, School and a BMW
Another list of grats'! I do love this practice of finding things in one's life worth mentioning and sharing them on your blog with the community. It's healing in a way. I'll put the links to this week's community posts in the grats themselves so you can check them...
Six Sentence Story | Chaos #3 | Life
This week, I also wrote a bit about my life. The prompt word and the weekly Six Sentence Story blog hop are hosted by Denise. You can hop in or read all the other entries through the link-up. Six Sentence Story | Chaos #3 After reading Misky's addition to the world of...
Ten Thing of Thankful #23 | Our Car and Laptops
Ten Thing of Thankful #23 First - Six Sentence Crowd As always, I can't imagine my life without those people whose blogs I have now regularly begun to read and who I interact with on a weekly basis. There are two things that I love about it: It gives you an idea to...
Six Sentence Story #26 | Prompt Word: STOP
I left this week’s entry for the Sixes until the last minute because I have so much going on with my studies and personal life combined that what came out was more of a stream of thoughts laid out like they appear in my drafts, rather than a heavily thought-out story...