• The Deadly Archer

    the darkened plague slung on the shoulders, our wrath to exhume full potential

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  • Elysium Fields - Excerpt 5

    He paused for a moment as if he was going to say something else but changing his mind he gave her a small smile and went into the house, leaving the door slightly ajar.

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  • Elysium Fields - Excerpt 2

    Gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles went white, Gabrielle drove Chelsea to the emergency department and stood silently by her side.

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  • To Peace, by Jose M Heredia

    Peace, adorable Peace, daughter of heaven,
    Mother of venture, of tranquility and love;
    Why from the sad soil filled up with bitterness
    Disregards and evades the clamors?
    Listen to them, div…

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  • Elegy, poem by Jose M Heredia

    Died! It does not exist anymore the one that one day
    was honor and luster to my country!
    Died! He does not exist! In him death
    just robbed us of the best father,
    of the philosopher, the wis…

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  • Notes on The tree of Life

    The cypress tree’s mythology is extensive; from Japan and China across Europe and over to the Americas from Oregon to Costa Rica. It is thought to have originated from either Persia or Syria. T…

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  • Washington (to George) by Jose M Heredia

    (Written at Mt Vernon)

    First in peace and in war,
    first in your country’s affection
    and in the veneration of the Universe,
    live image of God in Earth,
    liberator, just legislator,
    immort…

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  • I'm Your Venus - Redux

    Then I saw a vision of the two of them bargaining and negotiating over a set of craps dice that came up snake eyes. This was too heavy; this was bigger than the Universe.

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  • The Siren Serenade

    Hear our beautiful music.
    Hear our luring song.
    You will want to stay here and join us
    as we sing all day long.

    Our song is irresistible.
    We always manage to lure.
    No sailor can pass by…

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  • The Woe of Polyphemus

    Living a lonely life,
    surrounded by my brothers,
    a group of travelers came,
    claiming there were no others.

    When I asked, the leader spoke,
    saying, with me, he wished to dine.
    I just ate…

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  • Circe's Tale

    Being a sorceress on an island,
    can be such a dull life.
    Until a warrior came along,
    and with him came strife.

    His men I tricked,
    and turned into beasts.
    But this great man, was not
    tr…

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  • Notes on Divine Intervention found in the Illiad, by Homer

    Divine Intervention 1: Chryses appeal to Apollo causes the god to attack the Greek armies with plague. This intervention leads to the angering of Agamemnon at Calchas’ prophecy and Achilles’ wi…

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  • Charybdis

    Churning, turning, drip drop!
    I am the whirlpool that will never stop.
    Charybdis, a name every household should know.
    Swallowing you up into the murky depths below/

    Never again will you f…

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  • Hades

    Dead drifting desolately, feeling and sense none.
    Kings and beggars, here it matters not.
    All ruled by the king of the dead,
    Here in the Underworld, in Hades.

    No sun shines here, no moon …

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  • Elysium Fields - Excerpt 3

    Resting his head in his hands Khai stood in Elysium Park on the morning of his seventh birthday and watched his mother sleep, wishing silently that he was curled up besides her.

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  • Elysium Fields - Prologue & Epilogue

    ‘People miss who I was Fay, not who I am now.’

    ‘No your wrong, your friends miss you!’ Faith said

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  • The Famous Plan

    Wooden horse, Trojans fooled, Troy fell.

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  • Elysium Fields - Excerpt 1

    The warm golden light gently releases its hold and Khai opens his eyes, he knows he has left his bed and gone away but he feels safe.

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