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Book Review: Tristan/Yseault, Harry Bonelle Poetry: Tristan/Yseault, Harry Bonelle Blog Tour February 20, 2024 The story of Tristan and Yseault (or Isolde) dates back to at least the 12th Century C.E. In the traditional telling of the story, Yseault from Ireland is meant to marry King Mark from Cornwall. Tristan is sent to fetch […]
Book Review: The Lost Spells, Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris Poetry Collection: The Lost Spells, Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris We reviewed the first collaboration of these artists a while ago. The Lost Words was a breathtaking set of poems and illustrations highlighting words that had been deliberately omitted from a recent dictionary. […]
Book Review: Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, Terrance Hayes Poetry: Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, Terrance Hayes I won’t pretend this is an easy read. Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin is not gentle, nature poetry. It is raw and caustic, written to shine a spotlight on violence and […]
Mushrooms Not plant, not animal, These fungal beings grow In shady spots ill-suited to grass, On trees rotting in the woods On bark open to infection In grass too wet to thrive. Popping overnight from spores unseen And unseeable they thrive.
April 28, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #mushrooms, #poetryLeave a Comment
Jupiter Banded, ringed, covered by storms, It’s size alone beyond belief, The giant planet and its 92 consorts (As of this day in 2023) Clears a swath of space debris, And gravitationally creates the chaos Called the Asteroid Belt. Does Jupiter preen, flexing its place In the solar system? No. True greatness Speaks for […]
April 24, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #poetryLeave a Comment
Spring Green, I’m told, is the color of spring. That seems incomplete. Forsythia bursts into yellow Seeking perhaps to imitate The sun’s growing power In these lengthening days. Crocus burst out with gentle pastels While cherries drape themselves In a blanket of pink. And kids in vivid Easter dress Hunt painted eggs, evoking flowers […]
April 21, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #poetryLeave a Comment
Puzzle All the pieces are there. The picture on the box is clear. I took the time to bring it here. Why can’t I make them fit? I know the life I want With joy enough to flaunt But shadows always haunt. Why can’t I make it fit? David Marvin
April 17, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #poetryLeave a Comment
Book Review: Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For, poetry by Marjorie Maddox, photographs by Karen Elias Poetry: Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For, poetry by Marjorie Maddox, photographs by Karen Elias The first night of the blizzard that stranger inched into Ohio. Halfway through he skidded into our snow-spackled lives. His heart is buried In my […]
Early Rain City streets shimmer Headlights, street lights, building lights Refract off rivulets. Rattles and booms declare the business Of delivery trucks bringing wares. Strings wrapped around barren branches Twinkle through the drops Which beat their uneven rhythm On my umbrella. Car engines purr As their tires stage whisper cues, “Watch out. We splash.” […]
April 7, 2023By scintilla.admin Poetry #poetryLeave a Comment