Torsade Literary Space Mathilde Alanic: Shine! (part two)
Mathilde Alanic Shine! (part two) Impatience tautened her nerves while she continued to review invoices. Her fever increased under the weight of Mlle Virot’s sneaking surveillance. At last the bell announced the end of shift. Annie, with the others, went to the cloakroom. […]
Eight: Duty (poetry series)
Duty “He is lauded for standing by his post” “Standing by at his post…” “Hmm…yes. Why say it? Are you happier about all this, for picking nits?” “Well, close by. Nearby. Remaining, anyway, as duty required. We might find…” “Might find…evidences, do you mean? Perhaps you aren’t fit for the work.” […]
Yoharie: Because Society (part three)
Yoharie Because Society (part three) Society hadn’t yet crafted the new rules. Or cancel yet. Society follows culture, and the culture stagnates. A woman can ask a man for a date, or a man she dates for his hand… Push on, stalwart feminist… But, Giarma thought, your place […]
My Blog Week: July 19 to July 25
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Misremembrance of Things Past I have a reason for writing opinion pieces. Being opinionated, of course, but also to counter that hazard creative people know, a […]
Mathilde Alanic: Shine! (part one)
Mathilde Alanic Shine! (part one) Mathilde Alanic (1864-1948), a native of Angers, authored around thirty novels. She was a member of the Society of Letters; she was also an inductee into the Legion of Honor. Her work belonged to the category of […]
Eight: Honor (poetry series)
Honor First no one gets blamed, no one can You have honor enough to shoulder the gross mistakes of humankind You embody discarded virtues No one wants to drown or burn count seconds in a broken plane Om! (sob) Om! (sob) Om!…wait hemmed in by traffic The tsunami wave, the nuclear […]
Assorted Opinions: Stupid Loyalty
Assorted Opinions Stupid Loyalty Scenes from America’s protests, which began with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and continue as general dissent under the banner of Black Lives Matter, play onscreen like a surreal clown show, tragic and brutal, while the enforcement conduct often seems comedically […]
My Blog Week: July 12 to July 18
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week The Burned-Out Asset Civil Rights giant John Lewis died this week. Resistance Twitter (how we need Resistance Twitter these days!) got busy with this video, showing Florida […]
Eight: Enemies (poetry series)
Enemies The way I fall in step is oldest news But don’t ask me, the goods I got, it’s on authority I could quote you the bible…or, how bout? Tell you this, a little fairy story I know you’re after sympathy, they all are But listen to me You don’t have […]