Halloween Night
~ by Patrick W Kavanagh On Halloween night, when the old folk take fright and the children are snug in their beds.The Faerie and Goblins all take to the streets, and the people with hats…
Month: October 2019
Gilligan’s Island of Castaway Verse
~ by Lawrence “Mack” Hall The discipline of reading at least one poem each day The meter started getting rough aboard A scheduled poetic three-minute tour Across a sonnet or a blue haiku Broken up…
Lord of the Rings Drabbles
~ by Vanessa Parry-Elwen Hurt. A Small Word… "Does it still hurt, Frodo?" Pip swaddled him in blankets. Hurt. A small word – more fitted to the sting of a scraped knee, not large enough…
Timeless Heroism: A Christian Reflection on Doctor Who
Thanks to the miracle of Netflix, my family and I are able to spend quality time together by glutting ourselves on entire seasons of worthwhile TV programs, compressing years, if not decades, into a few…
Lovescape: Meditatations on the Saints of October
October is a month of many saints who have especially touched my spiritual journey and put me into contact, in a more profound way, with the Person of Jesus Christ. Perhaps one of the deepest…
Learning the Ropes
~ by Laurie Howard aka beyondtoday Author Note: Other characters in this story created by me are Lucas Kirk, son of Capt. James Kirk, and SJ (Spock Jr.), the son of Cmdr. Spock. Lucas and…
The Hunter’s Chase
Tripping o’er the roots and stones,Slipping in the mud and scattered leaves I run –The horde thundering after me.Heart pounding in rhythm with their drumsI carry on through darkened forests deepHorns and bays of houndsTear…
Annunciation Day: A Robin Hood Excerpt
~ by Avellina Balestri Marian dreamed deeply that night, penetrating the past and feeling it singing through her subconscious. So many memories, so very alive, and the sense of it all slipping away, somehow, into…
An Excerpt Taken from the Journal of Survivor T446, Tham Somners
It has finally arrived! After all of the years of planning, the millions of hours of work, preparation, deadlines, time running out, and the countless lives lost by every single delay, hope was once again…
Our Lady of Walsingham
~ by Mack Hall O how beautiful is Our Lady Queen! Queen of our hearts and hopes, and of the May, Sweet Empress over forest, down, and dene, and happy Sunrise over the pilgrim’s way.…