storyteller & artist

Writing

Writing

Poetry 

Poetry has always been one of my favorite forms of expression in the written word. I think this is because in using these words, very vivid images can be painted - sometimes even more so than actual visual artworks. Words have a kind of power that sometimes, images alone cannot hope to possess. 

There are excerpts from each poem in yellow, and the buttons will open a new tab in your browser and feature the PDF document of the full poem.

" ... you scoop him up and weep for his bones // that were never more than specks // of unwanted dust in your hands. "

 

" the ground echoed // the sound until our feet listened and // carried us to the back // porch window. "

" ideas, once they're tamed and bound, become fragments // of a mind on fire; they collide and explode // like stars. "

 

" and suddenly, from white death explodes // an array of black confetti into // the clouds, ... " 

 

" if only she had heeded // their wings' warning, but they were so beautiful, and she // didn't know what that felt like. "


Novel 

Although this is nowhere near to a finished novel, I am in love with the characters that are introduced in these first couple chapters.

Below is a link to the first two chapters. In these chapters, some of the original characters from my "Character Designs" are featured.