Story: Drownings (part six)

Story: Drownings (part six)

        Drownings (part six)     His partner freed a chair and began a conversation. “Ma’am, is Dennis available? Ah. I’ve only got a scribble on my paper…Dustin? Oh, likely not. Julia from Bitterroot. Well… Yes, do. Have him ring this number. Terrible.” The word an empathetic echo. Faia lowered her voice. […]

Chum

Chum

Posted by ractrose on 6 Dec 2025 in Art, Poems

      Chum   Will you be my chum Sink with me under the bubbling swell Or take your hacksaw to the cable Release the weight of me   that binds you Still We are side by side   Keep the pear tree, lose the partridge Keep the gold rings, sack the servants Forecast for […]

My Blog Week: January 12 to January 18

My Blog Week: January 12 to January 18

Posted by ractrose on 5 Dec 2025 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                                     Two episodes of “Fellyans”, introducing a neighbor’s troubled household. A Bedlam, with reason for a long drive and private talk. An Eight poem, from the Eightfold Path arc.         […]

Story: Drownings (part five)

Story: Drownings (part five)

        Drownings (part five)     Mrs. Blaney, her hair in barrettes, and not one to rise from her chair, gave McAlley the downturned mouth of prior knowledge—the expectation this Mr. Swan would possess his share of it, and that there was little to be done. “There’s just been a call in, […]

The City (poem)

The City (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 1 Dec 2025 in Art, Poems

        The City   From a tower eye, an orange-red van Bread loaf squat Windscreen a picture, the day’s spattering weather Wiped in an arc to mimic the arena’s design That municipal failure condemning the horizon The van amid trucks that glitter with a gun-barrel coat, hundreds of white sedans bought off […]