Fiction & Verse
et cetera
Recent Writing
Kyoto Pawn Shop
The quinzaine is a short poem of three lines (7, 5, and 3 syllables). The first line is a statement which is then followed by two questions.
Rae – An Awdl Gywydd
The Awdl Gywydd (owdl gów-wid) is an old Welsh form, where the 7-syllable-line quatrains lean on harmony of sound even over sensibility.
Encounter – Rispetto
The rispetto is an old Italian octave made of two stanzas, usually in iambic tetrameter.
The name means “respect,” often in terms to a loved one (or perhaps idea).
This Moment, Then, At Last Arrives – Janaku
Janaku poetry, created by Filipino poet Eileen Tabios, is a haiku-like form written in unrhymed one-word, two-word, then three-word lines.
Reading Chair – Ae Freislighe
The ae freislighe poem is an older Irish quatrain form which opens and closes on the same word or phrase; here that full circle, though, is a turn in tone.
Predictive Text
Right now I’d rather be stupid and alive than, well, let me talk this through. But if this somehow gets to you today, it’s it’s Tuesday then people then get people up here, OK? I mean right now. But.
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