of Stardust and the Beasts
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Six Sentence Story | Chaos #1 | My Life as a Student
This week I'm doing something a bit different—I'm letting my secondary life as an IT student leak into my creative life, as I had absolutely zero ideas for what to write, but this blog is my baby, the Sixers community are my friends, and I needed to step away from my studies for a bit. I am a very chaotic, out-of-the-box-thinking type of person by my creative nature, and computers are fascinatingly stupid… this weird symbiosis and conflict between my creative side and my studies acts as a balancing factor. I don't even know how to describe the stark difference between me creating or writing for my blog and me studying or troubleshooting something—one lets my brain create the chaos, while the other gives me chaos and asks me to figure out why the fuck it is happening. The weekly prompts...
dVerse OLN #4 | Promiscuous Muse
I had trouble coming up with a poem for this week's dVerse Poets Open Link Night, so naturally I blamed the muse for the lack of ideas rather than the fact that I stayed up half the night and expected to write something coherent the next morning while running on three cups of café crème... Anyway, as this is a blog hop, we do have a lot of other talented poets and poetesses at the link-up. Even if my style is not to your liking, please do check them out — you may just find a new author to follow. 🙂 Promiscuous Muse What is a poor poetess to dowhen the muse is a finicky little bitch? I even left crackers and milkon the windowsill,but it seems that after so many yearsof working with me, the dude needs something stronger. Probably went out complainingwith the other muses,over a glass of...
Ten Thing of Thankful #19 | Our Car & University
the Ten thing of Thankful hop is a cool way to either end or begin a new week. It is a reflection on things to be grateful for and a reminder that little things do matter. Absolutely love this shit. The contributions of many awesome bloggers and writers can be accessed through the link-up. Ten Thing of Thankful #19 First - My other half got his Driving License. WOHOOO, it stalled so much because there were no available exam times in the summer and I was so happy when he called me: "Guess what??" The funny thing is, he had forgotten his exam time and got a reminder on his phone the evening before, and the dude passed! YAY Second - Our car is in body shop but we were left with another. Yup,...
Short Story | Elves and Fantasy
I wanted to write a short story about how we sometimes fall in love with a stranger—captivated by a simple gesture, a glance, a small, unexpected moment. Elves and Fantasy is a short story born from that feeling, and from the quiet fear that maybe we’re not enough, or that a hello might ruin the magic. But what if that one hello could change everything? Short Story | Elves and Fantasy He sat across from her on the train he took every day to work and back. Never had he seen her before, and there was nothing else that he could do than sit there, staring at her drawing while being perplexed by her beauty. He himself had never drawn before, or maybe he did when he was still in kindergarten and just forgot how much he enjoyed it. Seeing her made him curious. Who was she? Where did she come...
Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #13 | Foolish Girl
Part of my poetry and reflections project, Margins of the First Draft—2-5 percent reality, and the rest is theatrical melodrama. I was a huge fan of William Shakespeare back in the day, and I wanted to incorporate that style into my writing at the time. This is why the whole collection perhaps feels so old and disconnected from how most people write nowadays. But it was part of my evolution as a writer, so the contrast here is actually quite striking when I compare the two poems. (Authors Note) Foolish Girl My foolish heart, Like my mothers favorite vase Plummeting from the shelf I could not reach And beneath my feet A thousand tiny shards With my tears, flowing from my eyes My love, a...
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Ten Thing of Thankful #12 | Blog Hops and Communities
TToT, aka the Ten Thing of Thankful (or Ten Things of Thankful), is about finding the enjoyable things in life and sharing your gratitude with all the other participating authors, bloggers, and all. I think the best part of it is actually the sense of community,...
dVerse OLN #5 | My Ars Poetica
I originally wanted to submit this for the last dVerse Poetica submission.... But I was late to the link-up because life got in my way... I still wanted to use this prompt, so I linked it up at the OLN. Entries of all the participants can be found here. My Ars Poetica...
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......
a POEM IN SIX #1 | Prompt Word: BALLOON
This poem is written in six sentences for the prompt word provided to us by Denise. All the other participants in the six sentence challenge with their stories and/or poetry can be found at this week's link-up. Balloon It's not a secret:my youth was violently torn...
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...