Blackgull

Blackgull Blackgulls make the Candle wax That’s burned through By the jar They caw and cry When storms at sea Light the skies Like L.E.D.s It’s their sound That smells of cold Fire and hot ice And powerful spices They fly on clouds, Lightning in their eyes A frictious breakage They call so loud AContinue reading “Blackgull”

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die Bionic herfs

This is an essay I’ve had gelling around in my head for a while. I consider this to be my soft opening to NANOWRIMO, because I’m sure as hell not going to get 2,000 words a day at this rate. This was written with references to Afrikaans in mind. And there’s a lot of portmanteausContinue reading “die Bionic herfs”

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November Defensive

November Defensive It was mid-November, And the shelling always rained. In our little dirt valley, We sat and writhed in pain. A periscope rifle barely Preventing my death. Barbed wire to look over: A reminder of the dread. Trenches we sit in every day. Coming out to see the ashen snow. Fixing the broken barbedContinue reading “November Defensive”

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