Bride to Be (part one)

Posted by ractrose on 30 Sep 2019 in Art, Poems

      Bride to Be (one)   She is going to marry; she will bargain for herself A right-hand place, that of first wife, an ear beside the throne A voice of calm and counsel, bent on knitting borders She has two offers, and prefers of these, one She asks that her kinswoman carry […]

Assorted Opinions: Parity (non-fiction)

Posted by ractrose on 28 Sep 2019 in Nonfiction

  Assorted Opinions Parity                     In the novel I’m currently writing, All Bedlam Courses Past (Bedlam for short), one of the characters is a sometime actress. Being not attached to a company, she finds far fewer opportunities on the stage than her husband. He can play […]