fact or fiction
Is it fact or merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the myths and beliefs we hold about what makes a good poem and the poetry rules that were made to be broken.
Lightning in a Bottle
“Tom,” the old matriarch bellowed, addressing the boy clad in tattered clothes sitting in the chair in front of her. The candlelight cast shadows upon the creases of her face as if they were writhing black rivers. “Thomas, can you hear me?” The boy did not answer.
By C. H. Parker5 years ago in Poets
The Motion of Atoms
“And so the english word Plague was at some point derived from the Latin plāga which had several meanings: stroke or wound in classical times, or in post-classical times, affliction, illness, or plague – particularly as a sort of divine punishment …” I paused for a moment to look at some gulls sailing overhead toward the williamsburg bridge, adjusted my scarf, then continued reading aloud.
By A.T. Fickel5 years ago in Poets
