It had been a day of strife:wife against husbandhusband against wifethen as if out of nowhere peace descended but it wasn’t out of nowhere for the wife had said a prayerand the rising wind seemed to whisper'You are not alone(for I am)hopeis everywhere.' © 2021 experimentsinfiction.com. All Rights Reserved. A reminder never to give up hope! I've a lot... Continue Reading →
There was a cabinet containing skittleslined up on a chequerboard in the museumwhen I was youngand two walls of the cabinetwere mirrorsso it looked as if the skittles stretched out to eternity... Please visit MasticadoresUSA to continue reading. I am delighted to have another piece published here. My thanks to editor Gabriela Marie Milton for her continued support... Continue Reading →
I am excited to present this video of Ellie Onka reading her poem 'Blood-drop in Israel' from The Anthropocene Hymnal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qGSMgVnSIA Ellie OnkaEllie Onka has been writing poetry consistently since early 2017 and is constantly inspired by poets like Sylvia Plath, Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings, Ted Hughes, and Leonard Cohen. Onka has publications that appear... Continue Reading →
In February (my birth month) I sowed a seedinto the coming springwatched it grow in darkness, in my painfed it with love andwatered with the light of my beliefhard labour brought forth the rising loafin isolationI reached out found inspirationalways with the end in sightalways out of darkness, towards lighteven when all hope seemed lostcontinuing... Continue Reading →
To mark the publication of The Anthropocene Hymnal, I present my reading of 'Destiny of this earth' by Gabriela Marie Milton, which is included in the anthology. I hope I have done justice to her profound and beautiful words. Over the next few weeks, I will be featuring many of the poets from the anthology,... Continue Reading →
Today, I read the second poem from The Anthropocene Hymnal, 'When I come back, I will be grief,' by Sherry Marr. Sherry asked me to read the poem, and I hope I have done it justice. It is a hugely emotive piece, and Sherry's words feel more timely than ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJWB6LYhhb8 Sherry MarrSherry Marr has... Continue Reading →
Oh sing, Sweet Muse! of my lost love(so far away he waits for me)Oh sing, Sweet Muse! of my lost love(and I’ll sing him to me) A thousand miles away he waits beyond the sea, beyond the paleand I would sing him home to me:let words not fail. I wait upon this barren rock;the spray hits... Continue Reading →
Will it be fireor floodor landslide? What is coming for us next?It doesn't look like fire here,the earth is lush and greenand as for rain, we get our fair sharebut there's no big river too nearthe sea levels can risebut we live high:I think it will be landslide. How selfish to even think that way'How... Continue Reading →
chchshshcricket musicin the morningchchchshshshsoft percussiongently soothingchchchchchchchshshshshshshshrising in volumewith the rising sunchchchchchchchchshshshshshshshshby mid-afternoonalmost unbearablechchchchchchchchchchshshshshshshshshshshno shade to hidenowhere to runchchchchchchchchshshshshshshshshsawing out a warningits alarmingchchchchchchchshshshshshshshsussuratingdyingchchchchchshshshshshat the end of daya storm comeschchchshshshthe sun’sgone downchchshshthis cricket-songis done © Experimentsinfiction 2021, All Rights Reserved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VydxgElMocg Crickets outside my apartment, 9:30 am Written for dVerse Tonight, Björn hosts the 10th Anniversary edition of Meeting... Continue Reading →
The world is a garden you madeand we have not proved worthy gardenersyou furnished it with fertile plainswith fresh water and food enough for allyou taught us how to respect balancewe got greedy. The world is a garden you madeand nature is a give-and-takethere's a price to pay for every tradeand we're paying the price... Continue Reading →
