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Don’t Open That Window “Does that plane look like it’s on a normal flight path to you?” Doug’s wife looked up from the novel she was reading. “What plane is that then?”, she asked peering skyward and feigning and interest she definitely didn’t feel. She was just getting to the juicy bit and didn’t feel…
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A Different Way My father once told me that you can drown in flax seeds. Claimed it had happened to a neighbour’s child when he was a kid. I’ve never bothered to look it up, but it always sounded plausible to me. Probably because of how much a field of grain moves like the waves…
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A Thief’s Tale Gabby moved smoothly along the crowded platform towards her mark. Slowly, casually closing the distance. She had spent half the morning watching the jewellery store, waiting for the right person to make their purchase and exit. Pine’s Jewellers was a high-end store. She knew she could only dip one of their clients…
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So as you may have noticed, things here have been kind of quiet lately. Like REALLY quiet. The poetry hasn’t worked for a bit and I’ve been busy with other things. Which brings us to this. Flash Fiction February is an annual challenge to write a short piece of fiction every day for the month…
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Music is Life Music moves the human soul More sure than anything From classical to modern rock To lullabies we sing There’s nothing else will speak to us Reach out and touch our hearts Like that one song which resonates In our most secret parts From goths with Evanesence in The headphones on their ears…
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Deeds Endure If you look back to cent’ries pastTo names of great renownWe know the words ascribed to themAre ones they did not sound. It’s deeds we know for deeds endureFrom one age to the nextAnd those who will do naught but talkWill vanish as though hexed. Qin Shi Huang, Napoleon,Great Caesar and the restAll…
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My Mother’s Love From heaven fell those gentle dropsto kiss each leaf and bloom,A gentle, restful tapping onThe window of my room. My mother laid a cool, damp clothUpon my fevered brow.She took my hand, she stroked my hairMade soothing noises now. The fever burned much hotter nowCould scarcely see or hear,Yet through it all…
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So, it’s been a few more than a few months since I’ve posted here. That’s mostly because I’ve been busy with a whole new project. I’ve started on the artwork for my own set of Tarot cards. At the same time, I’ve put up a dedicated website to showcase my art including the cards as…
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So, it’s been a while again since I posted anything here. But I created this little cherubim in Procreate on the iPad Pro and felt like he deserved some exposure. As always, I would love to know what you think. Cheers,