Tag Archives: fantasy

Hope and Despair

Posted on January 24, 2017 by John

How fleet of foot is dream-spun Hope; and how Despair, her lead-shoed sister, trips a clumsy way to fill her place! How fair and rosy Hope’s sweet cheeks; and how their bloom is lost to mind as glum Despair’s sad … Continue reading →

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Relativity

Posted on January 13, 2015 by John

Swirling in shadows like an almost barely there hint of suggestion, reach to touch it if you dare. Constants in motion all at once, they’re everywhere. Nothing for granted, but you really just don’t care. Used to be’s, fantasies, lost … Continue reading →

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To be in Kansas, nevermore

Posted on April 6, 2013 by John

Some things exist beyond belief: one might say angels, gods and such, the perfect crime, the honest man, safe diet pills, clean nuclear bombs; while others, cynics to be sure, add divine guidance, royal blood, a true religion, rightful kings, … Continue reading →

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Each moment is a threshold

Posted on June 22, 2005 by John

Each moment is a threshold hinged upon an ancient door; we swing between two rooms: the future, and what’s come before. Experience, the lubricant that smooths the rust and squeaks, we start to use, and learn to hoard, before we … Continue reading →

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A Different Mirror

Posted on June 15, 2004 by John

I was raised on tales of princes, kings and dragon’s hordes; the books they filled engulfed my world with sights that to this day affect me deeply. I can hear the swords (both those of plastic from my youth, and … Continue reading →

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