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Blog post“Siren Song” you've been warned know where they live across open sea know which sharp craggy rocks they perch upon snaring sailors on their deadly shore cracking the bones of sea-faring men cleaning their flesh from teeth stained by a thousand extinctions, they sing music of the spheres to lure and leech the lives of enamored audiophiles choose another route sail from those soul-sucking succubi their heavenly voices and sanguine incisors stuff your ears with wax or blas
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Blog post“shield” during months or years of peace his wife has been polishing--the shield blackened as it hung in the chimney corner respond to the call to fight plain duty admits no hesitation. a hard interruption of their happy lives, the risk of passing from the warm company of men to the chill shades of death. they knew bravery is not an everyday possession. highly as they prized it to warm their hearts for the clash most Greek armies as they charged, shouted, that each might borro
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Blog postPhoto by George Milton on Pexels.com “The Unsigned Letter” “No need to sign since I give it her myself” the lie you told, hiding your true feelings in the pocket nearest your beating heart she described you perfectly yet you saw no hope, seeing beauty everywhere but in yourself, you lie concealed behind another’s handsome face, a poet’s exercise excuses your tear-stained words divinity of form for a form poet: why can’t you see the truth of yourself? more than a poem composed, you ar
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Blog postPhoto by fotografierende on Pexels.com “sunflowers” charcoal heads droop, their glowing halos weighted with the heft of so much cheer petals flame this dinner table hearth lightening the heart of this happy home sunshine yellow arms outstretch to embrace or supplicate, cut from their grassy beds, their tendrilled roots removed, replaced, stabilized instead by a shallow red glass its life-giving water dries up all too soon *Thank you for visiting my blog! I hope you enjo
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Blog postPhoto by Craig Adderley on Pexels.com “Plague of Dragons”
the world opens up as a new monster
looms on the horizon, belching fire,
slaughtering victims without thought
to gender, creed, or age: the smallest
of the small, resistant to her older
brother’s charms, no longer spared
infectious breath.
not content to massacre millions by breath alone,
she melts crematoriums whose iron frames soften,
run from the heat of s -
Blog postPhoto by Charles Parker on Pexels.com “last year’s revels” the toddler rolls from bed, a ballerina princess excited for the special day ahead, anticipates her long-awaited party. strawberry-topped chocolate cake with a grape soda chaser, she’s fueled for festivity: rainbowed streamers wave above a table piled with gifts, sunshine yellow ribbon seals each shining gold wrapper, as storm clouds gather unheaded outside her window’s thin glass. she tears a first package apart, eager, greed
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Blog postcolorful lights in stormy sky over skyscrapers "spark"
I hobble out of bed at daybreak
an Igor with dreams of being both doctor
and creation, waiting for just one spark,
juice enough to fuel that night's creation.
Excitement looms on this horizon
pregnant storm clouds heavy with rain,
whipped overhead by hurricane winds,
ready to strike, incite the dead to life.
Petrichor coats my tongue, fills my head,
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Blog post“untitled”
i remember when i thought twice,
thrice, a dozen times moreover
whether to call myself writer,
a title hallowed in my heart
throughout my childhood years,
the ones who wrote the books
i devoured with my every free hour,
my escapes into worlds of make-believe,
my gateway to learning beyond
what adults prescribed for me
i’ve known too many writers
to be intimidated by the title,
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Blog postPhoto by cottonbro on Pexels.com “She Who Was the Helmet Maker's Once-Beautiful Wife" you didn't know what awaited you when you began the long trek to see your son bare feet and fallen arches old bones aching with miles of marching your final journey all for one more glimpse of your boy become a man why bare yourself for the artist's art? how much more could you have to give? the tragedy of your worn form outlives your mortality, the young girl you were forever trapped in iron gray.
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Blog post“masked”
What mask!? Oh, I have so many… Invisible.
Disposable. I Replace each time
the least uncomfortable Those eyes
I have more than I need given I rarely leave
I have different masks. One for work.
Another patriotic. I wear all at different times.
It depends on my mood hopeful
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Blog postI know it’s a bit late, but the publication of Raging Aardvark‘s flash anthology is finally here! Please visit FaceBook for the Launch Party if you’d like to congratulate the authors, and I’m including some helpful links below for purchasing the book. I’m very happy to say my flash story, Mirror, appears in this anthology!
https://www.createspace.com/6652118
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0994525206
If you’d like a paperback copy of the book, it’s selling for only $6. -
Blog postAn eclectic selection of writings that reflect the diversity of Cat Russell’s work, including poetry, science fiction, horror, humor, and mythology.
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Tempting Fate
Clotho inhaled, enjoying the heady aroma of roasted beans and caffeine that permeated the small coffee shop. The temptation to step inside and grab a cup was irresistable. She didn’t know if mortals could actually smell caffeine, but it gave the goddess a deep sense of satisfaction–almost like the burnt offer
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