BOOK REVIEW: Dead of Night by Chris Mc Geown

Dead of Night is another book brought to you by a fabulous person I “met” using WordPress.  Chris Mc Geown over at Short Poems and Other Nonsense is an amazing poet.  He crafts poems so dense & moving in so few words, I can barely express my awe. Chris’s sister, Laura McGeown (I think I…

Yahrzeit & “Apathy Blanket” (Poem)

Maybe I should have made this into two separate posts.  I'm sure the title has people confused as heck! Hopefully some of you stuck around to find out what it means. “Yahrzeit” is a Yiddish word.  It means “anniversary,” but it typically comes up in the form of remembering the death of a loved one. …

Throwback Shakespearian Monologue

I doubt anyone remembers this, as it was in the middle of a massive posting spree & smack dab in the center of a humongous post. But, on the off chance someone had insomnia & used my book review of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare as a sleep aid, I'm sharing this with you…

Shattering

Trust, once broken, can be pieced back together. Painstakingly putting piecesinto rightful placesof brighter days’ form, glued together by time. But, the resulting productis far more fragile and never quite as lovely. ®Ariel Lynn 11/4/16