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Tag Archives: Skeletons
Sky Raft (Poems and Fragments)
They pulled back. Left to build something. A retreat to the forest and mountains, the genesis of the Sky Raft. The way its light glowed, the settlement appeared to levitate, rising from the ground, into the trees and into the … Continue reading
The Mansion
You told people you didn’t need a map. You said it would be a short journey from the city to the village. You did need a map. Hours of wandering have left you lost, very lost and what should be … Continue reading
Posted in Mansion
Tagged 2nd Person Narrative, Cosmos, Dinosaurs, Fiction, Magpies, Rooms, Skeletons, Surreal, Surrealism, Trout
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Skeletons (Poems)
Moonlight clearing skeletons dance around the fire Cloud of dust trails wraithen cowboys Restless skeleton emerges every twilight to look at the stars In the haze of back streets skeleton idly strums a guitar Ashen hands tracing letters on tombstone … Continue reading
Ivory Forest (Poem and Fragment)
The elephant stumbles, falls to the ground, as its last breaths drift into oblivion. Its skin cracks, flesh slips from the bone, the skeleton fades to dust, ivory tusks sink into the ground. The rain comes, awakening the ivory which … Continue reading
Posted in Fragments, Poems
Tagged Blue, Bones, Brown, Canopy, Creepers, Dirt, Dust, Elephant, Elephants, Flesh, Flowers, Forest, Green, Grey, Hyena, Ivory, Ivy, Jackal, Memories, Mud, Rain, Rock, Savannah, Skeleton, Skeletons, Skin, Soil, Sun, Surface, Tree, Trees, Tusks, Undergrowth, Vines, White
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Desert Ship
Sails oscillate in the desert breeze, unaware that the ship can no longer move. Trapped when the great lake succumbed to the intense heat and the inevitable march of the desert the ship lies on the waves of sand, tilted … Continue reading
Village (Fragment)
Located deep within the great plain, it flickers on the horizon. Surrounded by scrub land and sage bushes, its outskirts are dotted with graves. Some shallow with make shift crosses, others in yards with weathered head stones. All of the … Continue reading
The City of Rema
Note: this is based upon one of Italo Calvino’s Invisible cities, Eusapia (pp 96 – 97, Invisible Cities, Vintage Classics). A city by the name of Eusapia has an underground city, identical to its surface city dedicated entirely to the … Continue reading
Posted in Invisible Cities
Tagged Busy, City, Danse Macabre, Dead, Death, Eternity, Eusapia, Faults, Flaws, Heaven, Hell, Hide, Hiding, Immortalize, Invisible, Invisible Cities, Invisible City, Isolated, Italo Calvino, Lights, Massive, Night, Rema, Skeleton, Skeletons, Subterranean, Surface, Swapped, Underground
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Golden Giraffes Riding Scarlet Flamingos Through The Desert of Forever 