Torsade Literary Space La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty-one
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty-one) Among the Experts XXVI A Guardian of Sanitary Regulations Protests All Down the Line A man who truly is no longer content, not at all, with the governmental and administrative […]
Sum of (poem)
Sum of Long patience, the sort a society of resurrectionists Calls its like-to-like decode of Low resonance A Plan, cryptographical embed, that which Sifts the dead-weight from the Superman A blat from the alpenhorn In figure Reverbs of duty-bound orders, secret Errants who have stood Before the longbow, and sacrificed the ear […]
Sequence: The Heron’s Foot (part three)
Sequence of Events Chapter Nine The Heron’s Foot (part three) “Did you tell me…” He stopped. Madolyn sighed over this relapse…a sigh distracted, gustier than she’d meant. “Go on.” She scooted the chair to his bedside. “What did I tell you?” He could not have seen Freda Murchison, but seemed, […]
Side of Life (poem)
Side of Life A stranger draws a curtain Of stories across the stage his sex is judged To be male At length there is no hiding The thoughts of the silent dying captured In the act of uncorking the bottle The reasons people think Bent over gallon jugs decanting Cup by cup […]
My Blog Week: Jan 20 to Jan 26
All the Latest from Torsade! The week began with a poem, “One Day the Rest”. In Tuesday’s Sequence of Events, “The Heron’s Foot” part two, Freda gets shuttled to a lecture and into a small job for a stranger. Wednesday, another episode […]
Roscoe Bevington: Tenth Tattersby
The Folly Tattersby Roscoe Bevington I feel cheated. Yes, cheated, in a profound and unexpected way You won’t like crediting Roscoe Bevington with profundity Not least because, educated as you’ve been You no doubt cherish philosophy as franchise Don’t much take to it, a wrong’un like myself Waxing Aristotelian on […]
Celebrated (part eight)
Novella Celebrated (part eight) She stirred. He said, “Hold it!” And: “Here. I’ll trade places with you.” He plucked at the zipper of her open parka, squeezing past. Tom wore a jeans jacket, his hands fairly numb. He brought the Kodak’s viewer to his eyeball, dropped the knapsack to […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty) XXV A conversation with former deputy M. Duquesnay An explanation of the phenomenon. And again, politics… M. Duquesnay is the deputy not reelected from Fort-de-France. He did not give me details on […]
Sequence: The Heron’s Foot (part two)
Sequence of Events Chapter Nine The Heron’s Foot (part two) The West Market Café served weak coffee with its blue plate special. This, chops, peas, and fried potatoes. Feeling herself foreign to the neighborhood, Freda ate and drank, and kept a fixated gaze on her own hands. She mused. Mr. Bruner, […]