Torsade Literary Space The Impresario: part three
The Impresario Part Three Regalus masked moves lithe through the torchlit throng Pierre the Seer guides her, brusque in the distance he keeps But cocksure in his speech, his purpose strong She pities her poor Tortu and her small Dauphin Like a mother, she has helped to dress and feed them She […]
The Impresario: part twenty-one
The Impresario Part Twenty-One A sturdy yeoman parts the throng, striding through Escort to a queenly, doll-like dame Poupée’s grown son with wonder eyes The wax-man’s pallor, Regalus Kneels and cradles in her hand, madame’s Surprised, she asks, “How do you, child?” The lifted face beneath the cowl, surprises her as well […]
Corey Jack: Actors Act (poem)
Actors Act Being, at the wheel, free to fly, she’d closed her eyes Singing The light was red But he was grinning like a wise guy Revved and squealed off A Mazda pushed the yellow light and blocked her His rude old Ford was parked there Catty-corner at the Holiday Inn She […]
The Impresario: part eight
The Impresario Part Eight Tortu has done no wrong He lays his lute upon the ground and plucks A melancholic melody with his toes A lilting air flutes o’er this, as serpentine In play of arms and sway of hips The Pythoness begins her dance He cannot bring himself to it […]
Adventures in Research: The Grand Old Party
My Curious Reading Adventures in Research The Grand Old Party From the NYT September 29, 1880 “Grand Rally at Warren” General Ulysses S. Grant, a man of many scandals, was no longer President of the U.S. (as of March, 1877), but continued as a party campaigner. On behalf of Republican candidate James A. Garfield, he […]
Corey Jack: Crash (poem)
Crash Jack, waking to a sense… Something stronger than a sense, he tells himself, a revelation No, not wholly that A reverberation A weight about the size of a DC10, going crash One he sees in retrospect was then The crashing down of a tired, useless epoch A life of swine and […]