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Tag: POETRY

  • Silk, Velvet, and Bone – Issue No. 1

    One: Letter From the Editor Two: Excerpt – Bram Stoker Three: Horror – BATSTOR Erotica – SIXTY NIGHT Four: Excerpt – Anais Nin Five: Excerpt – George R. R. Martin Six: Fan Fiction – YODA’S LOG Seven: Poetry – A Terrible Fate Eight: Poetry – An Honorable Drink Nine: Letter to Lestat Ten: Excerpt –…

  • Ten: An Excerpt from Anne Rice

    [Spring rain. Rain of light that saturated every new leaf of the trees in the street, every square of paving, drift of rain threading light through the empty darkness itself. And the ball in the Palais Royal. The king and queen were there, dancing with the people. Talk in the shadows of intrigue. Who cares?…

  • Eight: Poetry – An Honorable Drink

    By Emmanuel Williams September 11, 2026 * Is there anything else to drink Beside this water, aside this juice Is there anything else to drink Aside my pain, aside these thoughts * Is there ale in these parts A vodka to cure me A whiskey to heal me Some bourbon to fool me * Is…

  • Seven: Poetry – A Terrible Fate

    By Emmanuel Williams September 11, 2026 Tis a terrible fate To be pushed around Stuck down on your face Or perish flying down Tis terrible really Life without ambition The leaves never grow on such trees Or on men that run from their mission- Pathology leading to death Illness, the mind unwell Shock from frostbite,…

  • The Desk

    By Emmanuel Williams September 6, 2026 * I am tired I am stuck I am alone I am fucked * I am you You are me Here we are Eternity * Football comes But once a year Work will come ‘twixt our disease * Punch the keys Press the button Serve their needs All of…

  • The Impatient Sonnet

    By Emmanuel Williams August 10, 2026 * Is one always this tense on the eve of his fortune Invariably tossed betwixt odd things that please Expecting improvement, a wave from the ocean The energy set in, potent, and lean In the storm of expectance and uncomely pain Sat still in his dwelling, a nightbird twixt…

  • Dead Sun

    By Emmanuel Williams August 4, 2026 * A year in which the sun Sat behind the clouds When has the sun Been useful beyond this? * Say my lifetime was cloudy Overcast constantly Am I a blade of glass? Or a flower much in need? * What has the sun done for me? But given…

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    The Dragon/The Maiden

    By Emmanuel Williams July 17, 2026 This one I drew two nights ago after my first ever spliff of tobacco and Blockberry strain cannabis. It started out as a five point star drawn with a continuous line and then it morphed into the maiden, with the demon on the left being a complete unconscious scribble…

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    Thanks For The Liberty

    * By Emmanuel Williams May 25, 2026 * Dear fallen heroes of the United States Armed Forces, Thank you for the Liberty. * Thank you for soft green mornings For daydreams uninterrupted Thank you for American birdsong And the parade of fashion’s angels * I would thank you for peaceful classrooms But that’s up to…

  • Moonlight: Till The Branches Do Break

    By Emmanuel Williams May 1, 2026 * Oh moon, how thou dost please me It is I you must know by now Yet thou who musn’t ever know me And you who will always entreat me With tonight’s orange moonrise On the first it be of May The month of my birth A flower you…

  • The Keanu Fucking Reeves Ode

    By Emmanuel Williams * I beg you please Listen to me I’ll tell you a legend  Of Keanu Reeves * There’s pale in his face Yes there’s style But more grace * A prisoner of blockbuster film He is The Prince of Action * The one, the brutal Your vital action hero No “dude” has…

  • Ode To Johnny Depp

    By Emmanuel Williams * The legend that is the Depp of fortune For fortune and the curls of Cry Baby Hands like weapons and fingers of knives A wonder known haunted as Edward With bats above his head And cocaine in his blood Among others and yet like no other Johnny. Fucking. Depp. Or Willy…