Poetry often takes a personal turn for me. I find it therapeutic, and it digs deep into my consciousness. Overturning words and thoughts that I may not otherwise express, but it never quite comes out the way I hope it would. I always want it to be more than it is. To explore more than… Continue reading National Poetry Month Day 20
National Poetry Month: Day 17
I’ve been driving a lot lately in order to go to job interviews. Here’s a poem for this week: Rumbling roar of my car Transient rattling wheels Snap of fingers, Music gurgling from grimy speakers On and on and on farms, fields, forests, Dangling thoughts and particles of bugs splattered on windshield On and on… Continue reading National Poetry Month: Day 17
National Poetry Month: Day 14
I don’t have much to say this week. I’m quite a bit emotionally exhausted by events of late, but I did write this, so enjoy: Look in my eyes — say to my face. is your words lies? you’re truly safe? What do you mean — when you paint this sweet, serene scene? what is… Continue reading National Poetry Month: Day 14
National Poetry Month: Day 9
Yes, I skipped some days. Part of this is due to suddenly needing to go out of town for an interview (and a test for said interview). As I am looking for a job to help bolster my income, I simply had no time for an update. Since daily updating may not be possible for… Continue reading National Poetry Month: Day 9
National Poetry Month: Day 5
The prompt for today was posted on Legendfire by Tisiphone’s Downfall: “Write a poem in any style, any length, using blank verse. This is simply unrhymed verse, especially unrhymed iambic pentameter. Each line will have around 5 (pentameter) iambs (one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed, such as in “ago”).” Untitled Dear Self, I built… Continue reading National Poetry Month: Day 5
National Poetry Month: Day 4
Today I’ll explore a Sijo — a Korean verse that consists of three lines that are 14 – 16 syllables each. Passion I don my love and dance by the light of the moon — fervently lit by desire, I weave the stars as a bridge from me to you, hand in hand, coupled as… Continue reading National Poetry Month: Day 4
National Poetry Month: Starting late
It’s National Poetry Month and I’m starting a bit late to this bandwagon. I decided to try to post a short poem daily. Since I missed two days, I’ll just start today, and maybe try to make up those two days later this month by posting more than one poem. I’ll also examine various forms… Continue reading National Poetry Month: Starting late
How I craft a language Part 2: Phonetics and Phonology
You can read the first part of this series here. This is a continuation of that first post. I’ve made some concept drawings of my Dragios species, but as I’m not the best at drawing, this is mostly sketches with only the head done in any sort of detailed fashion. Here’s one of the design… Continue reading How I craft a language Part 2: Phonetics and Phonology
Review: The Book of Barely Imagined Beings
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Caspar Henderson I picked it up out of curiosity. It just sat on the new book shelf at the library; the front cover a mix of bizarre creatures, many in the form of letters. This book takes the idea of a medieval bestiary — all those lovely imagined… Continue reading Review: The Book of Barely Imagined Beings
World building template for all your Planet’s needs
In my worldbuilding series, I explained the physics of worldbuilding and how to create your own solar system. Today let’s examine an example of this process. To aid with this, I’ll show the spreadsheet I use in order to help me calculate the parameters of my planet and it’s sun. Revision 3: Star Systems Template… Continue reading World building template for all your Planet’s needs
Reshaping Reality 