The Totem-Maker: Crafter Becomes Maker (part two)

Posted by ractrose on 29 Jun 2020 in Fiction, Novels

The Totem-Maker Chapter Eight Crafter Becomes Maker (part two)             Noakale kept me at her side during those days the suitor and his entourage filtered into Lord Ei’s establishment. She was certain of her strength, quite untroubled by the loftiness of Jute and Darsale. United the sisters were in this; […]

My Blog Week: June 21 to June 27

Posted by ractrose on 28 Jun 2020 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                             A Word on the Week   The Granny Economy     It’s worth considering that this time last year—in fact, a few months ago this year—however hot-buttoned the GOP fringers were, they hadn’t thought of getting […]

The Day You Were Born (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 27 Jun 2020 in Art, Poems

      The Day You Were Born   Cock an ear, your master’s voice, drip or pebble Distracting drumbeat, or is it heads-up Heads-up, Dodge Ball You can be the smart one, saw this coming When the world was blind You can find yourself at the center of a bridge A rope bridge, working […]

Eight: Abnormalizing (poetry series)

Posted by ractrose on 26 Jun 2020 in Art, Poems

      Abnormalizing   Should Dr. Comus mount to the podium Begged before he dies, of a valediction, lightning-bolted by the gaze When freed as angels his victims anneal him And words break out, in patterns of revealing His ilk, his false-named friends, a younger colleague A theoretician, but a go-getter, they turn them […]

Frédéric Boutet: The Edge (complete)

Frédéric Boutet Tales The Edge (complete)                             “Toto! Stay still while I wash your face! And you, Jules, will you hold your little sister properly, or else…that’s all I have to say! And Louise! Put on your stockings. Do not have your […]

Crumbs Enough (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 24 Jun 2020 in Art, Poems

      Crumbs Enough   Do the things we did become forensic Difficult to reminisce on Small attentions No one else recalls our birthplace Growing up for us dispersal Early burial   Make me a paper doll Make me sorry to have been naïve Make me want to see again Make me sketch her […]

Yoharie: Because Society (part one)

Posted by ractrose on 22 Jun 2020 in Fiction, Novels

Yoharie Because Society (part one)             A simple, rite-based, an utterly credulous piety… So, when you felt in the wrong, no dark night of the soul, no ethical struggle. “Struggle doesn’t seem quite right. A more engaged version of a quandary…?” “Kampf.” “Please. But,” Giarma added, “you want a job, […]

My Blog Week: June 14 to June 20

Posted by ractrose on 21 Jun 2020 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                             A Word on the Week   Behind the Mask     I have been not wearing a mask; the place I live hasn’t made it mandatory. But I’ve got them now, and it’s time to start. […]

Eight: Lines Attached (poetry series)

Posted by ractrose on 19 Jun 2020 in Art, Poems

      Lines Attached (Shifting Goalposts)   Bulletin: All leaves are cancelled Spring clamped tighter in a chamber locked For the next release ASAP The initiative going forward hews to Lines attached can safely pull it down A limited set of data, determined by newer measurements taken in recent months   Bulletin: Everyone is […]

Frédéric Boutet: Good Counsel (complete)

Frédéric Boutet Tales Good Counsel (complete)                             After a bridge, and at the meeting of two roads before a house where the sign read: Café-Restaurant, M. Bridol stopped his car, a little automobile he drove himself, and alighted with bounce and elegance. […]