Author Archives: randomyriad

Self Experiment #6: blogging as a fictional exercise

I have launched my latest self experiment. It is a blog written by a fictional character, a family and personal history. My character will only be interacting with people on the blog itself. So if anyone leaves a comment my … Continue reading →

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Taking a Break

I have aborted self-experiment #5, but I learned enough by going as far as I did. Writing or even publishing poems at that rate is very taxing when you are doing anything else. Work last week was insane. Everyone at … Continue reading →

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The Difference in Seasonal Light as Seen in a Semi-precious Stone

Opal Opaque Mystery radiant Reality in a jar on the top shelf Flying is the only option My coin the same as hers 14 years later A fish frozen curved on the air A town under a snowy mountain Shadow … Continue reading →

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Her Dark Furnishings

On a naked hill Above a shamble of bone built huts, She plays at chores in a well-lit palace, open to the dim world. she moves about in there rearranging her dark-polished furnishings in patterns of arabesque logic. Everyone below … Continue reading →

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A Woman of the River Ocean

I am feeling with delicate fingers among the eel grass in the fine white sand at the bottom of the river ocean raising dusty billows in bright airy water for a part of me I never lost. There is a … Continue reading →

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