#19 of unimportant verse about important people
literally no combination of words could ever do dwale justice, but i'm made entirely of compulsions, so i don't really have a choice but to try.
Death, Poetry
Owen
transitions - mog moogle
the mistress of tidwell manor - renee carter hall
yet time and distance - kris carver
polynomials - fever low
raise your voice - stefano "mando" zocchi
going out - t c powell
harvest home - altivo overo
the foreigner - dwale
Clean, Otter, Preview, Publication, Transgender, anthology, teaser
We crawl through moist humus like millipedes,
Feasting on dirt and dead, crumbling leaves
While striped skies cycle through violet hues,
While time's kisses take the shape of a bruise.
Endeavors wear the warmer years away,
Reduced at last to...
Dwale, Millipede, Poem, Poetry
2 part 2 https://www.thevoice.dog/episode/the-river-in-the-mist-by-dwale-part-2-of-2
i apologize for the formatting.
Action, Adventure, Alaska, Blood, Boat, Elk, Guns, Ice, Moose, Science Fiction, Snow, Squirrel, Violence, canoe, tundra
I remember that one late August night,
Watching the moths mob the lantern's amber
Light, the summer wind playing with the flame,
Your ebon hair, swaying, caressed your neck.
I saw you swallow. I envied your spit.
You looked upward to the wild...
Poetry
"Give Up The Love: A Conversation In Which We Have Already Heard Your Part"
You've said your peace, my brother,
Now it's time to listen up:
If we want to see tomorrow
Then you'd best give up the love
While I don't know what Heaven...
Gay, Love, Poem, Poetry, bigotry, intolerance, peace, racism
"Victuals"
Salma was only halfway finished with her supper when the knock came. She froze, triangular ears perked high on her feline head until the visitor rapped once again, startling her into motion. Her shift had been over for hours, so whoever...
Dark, Mau, saluki
Still waiting for a taste of something true
In the maiden grass, chasing the fireflies,
Thinking back on the last time you heard me
Drink dew like a hungry ghost in the night.
Oh, would that my shuttered words could grow wings
And search this...
Poem, Poetry
Seven days had passed when I heard you died,
A missive in the warm morning hours, dawn
Rose, and no one said how I should go on,
Or ford this moor without my only guide.
Flown to space by what callous earth destroyed,
I chase the long-flying...
Poem, Poetry
_A Gentleman of Strength_
_By Dwale_
It had been an ill-omened tournament. Ame's train had been delayed twelve hours due to unseasonal flooding, then he'd gotten lost between the station and the hotel. He'd been unable to get a cab and was forced...
Bear, Panda, moon bear, sumo
"The Darkness of Dead Stars"
It was standard procedure that personnel awoken from cold sleep were granted four things: a bathroom, a caffeinated beverage, a meal and an hour to shake off the cobwebs. Ordinarily the cafeteria would have been all...
Mole rat, Post-Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, naked mole rat
On Hallow's Eve, beneath the sky
Take the implements described
To some obscure, untraveled place,
The knife, the flame, the words to say.
A pentagram would surely do,
But pick which symbol pleases you
And draw it out with steady care,
Then...
Bad taste, Humor, Poem, Poetry