Poetry
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Cædmon’s Hymn
Traditionally, it is believed that Cædmon was an illiterate cowherd who was divinely inspired to sing a hymn praising God and his creation. And it was said that the poem came to him in a dream, which means the oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon poetry is an example of oneiric composition by an illiterate man. More than… Continue reading
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The Poet (A Poem)
A ridiculous nightmare in which I found myself back in college and attending an equally ridiculous poetry reading inspired this piece. After I wrote down the entire dream, I decided to focus solely on the poet. Continue reading
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Helvetica
Knowing my interest in typography, my friend – David, suggested I watch the documentary Helvetica. I did and afterward I had brainwave—could I write a short bit of prose in which I describe a beautiful font and a beautiful woman simultaneously? I took inspiration from Dashiell Hammett’s beautifully concise prose in The Thin Man. Continue reading
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A Summer Haiku For My Mom
To use a poetic form that is best suited for one language to compose a poem in another is always touch-and-go. And haiku is one such form. I think this works better as two lines rather than three. Traditionally, haiku contains a seasonal word that places the work within the seasons. I wrote this in… Continue reading
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The Thang: A Sci-Fi Lullaby
May 26, 2017. In a brittle issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from November 1952, I stumbled across a short story entitled “Bem” by sci-fi author Charles T. Webb. His story so amused me that I decided to write my own using “Bem” as one inspiration and the 1897 UFO crash in Aurora,… Continue reading
MARTIAN DEATH RAY 