Posts Tagged ‘Dallas authors’
Sir Lawrence Pickens, The unforeseen Journey
It was clear to me I was in agony as my screams shook the sky. His arrival was great but my timing was late and as a fool I stood…
Read MoreSusan Mardele, Prescience
Decision timing is my greatest challenge.It is an agony trying to get clear. I have stumbled so many times,impulsiveness my Achilles heel. Am I a fool, jumping too soon,or do…
Read MoreChristopher Stephen Soden, Icarus
My papa, Daedalus, the first architect, vowed I’d thrive, inviting me to follow at his heel. Intoxicated by the lullaby of his rasp and hammer, echoing through my slumber, I’d…
Read MoreAnn Howells, Circe Reflects Upon Her Life
Here on this mythic island, sirens ascend to the cadence of beating waves. I tell you I am but a spectator, one who stumbled into this, but I recall the…
Read MoreGayle Bell, Solomon Contemplates
Standing bold we scanned introspective this thrive to venture trying to affix totem and meaning Does the shallow fool prevail assured of grace fulfilled now at heel after the panic…
Read MoreAlan Gann, Graffiti
for Emmitt If your destiny is all rasp, concrete, and broken glass If you never venture to the mountain top never hear your own cry echoing or stand alone with…
Read MorePatricia de Villiers, Venture
Is it worth the agony, Just to have a chance to ascend Above the echoing throng? Listen to the clear behest of your destiny, And surge ahead, unafraid, fulfilled, Dancing…
Read MoreClara Bush Vadala, What We Mean When We Say Passionate
We were just trying to fool ourselves. The last time, our cadence was off, and the chance to clear our throats came too late. Instead of using a filter for…
Read MoreChristopher Stephen Soden
Christopher Stephen Soden received his MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in January 2005 from Vermont College of Fine Arts. He has written film and theatre critique for The Fort Worth Ally, EdgeDallas,…
Read MoreBruce Bond
Bruce Bond is the author of twenty-six books including, most recently, Blackout Starlight: New and Selected Poems 1997-2015 (L.E. Phillabaum Award, LSU, 2017), Rise and Fall of the Lesser Sun Gods (Elixir Book Prize,…
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