Optimistic in Summer

Going through a stack of sketches and papers I came across this little sonnet. A note says it came from this comment — which was not …
Going through a stack of sketches and papers I came across this little sonnet. A note says it came from this comment — which was not …
Travelling by train from Paris to Milan,
Spooked and saddened from too much movement;
My uneasy rest was cut short by the customs official demanding my passport
I had been in one of those sleeps which do not let go …
All Lenore could see through the peephole was a confused mass of dark red.
The bell rang once more. “Who is it?” she demanded. “I don’t answer the door for invisible people.”
‘It’s me.”
Lenore rolled her eyes. “Who is …
Stella Omega
Lyrics are not complete as poetry. They are created with an additional element, and you just can’t take that away- it’s like printing a poem without any vowels. The music is integral to the form- most of the …
Stella Omega
My daughter was a stay-awake baby. Sometimes, to shorten the process, we would load her in the car and drive out into the lyrical Pennsylvania countryside, watching the colors of night gather in the sky, the green trees …
Stella Omega
(I wrote this essay for the forums at literotica.com, back in 2012. Recently a few people asked me to bring it forward, so here it is… )
Note: Our society has become very enamored of the concept of …