Fiction & Verse
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Recent Writing
From Chevy to Ford
“Okay. Well, I’m just gonna say that your popular media inspired me to a new level of decadence. I mean, I’m like a Darkseid MMA version of the WWE. You know the word ‘turpitude?’”
You- A Shadorma
More poetic forms that did not appear in Unwoven. Here is a brief shadorma, an older poem from Spain, here transplanted to a Michigan September.
Unwoven: Book Launch Sept 17! You’re Invited!
Unwoven, Waywords Studio first book of poetry, launches Sept 17 on YouTube! Unique prizes and opportunities, available from Sept 17-18 in all time zones!
Skin – A Zejel
The zejel is an old Spanish form of poetry derived from an earlier Arabic tradition. Its language is most often plainspoken or colloquial. (But the subject rubs off on you.)
Haibun – Ferns in Wood
Haibun are haiku that pair prose and poetry, often autobiographical narratives of memorable moments or scenes of awareness.
Haiga – Palmer: “Traveler”
Haiga are haiku that pair art and poetry, often from the same brush. These are more ekphrastic, based on the popular art of Avery Palmer.
Serial Fiction
Accidia
Begins February 2025
Novel
ImageMaker: First Shade
Premiere of Olenthe Series:
Early works now available
Short Story
Story 4
On How Murder is Sometimes Justified