Something new, today! This is a poem that was directly inspired by a song, intentionally – I had the vague idea a little while ago for a collection of poems inspired by songs chosen by my partner, who is much more musically minded and knowledgeable than myself, and this is the first, inspired by ‘Sowing The Seeds Of Love’ by Tears For Fears.
Sanctuary
Just a short poem for you today – rather than being from the collection of fantasy poems, or anything to do with the new short story collection I announced next week, this is just a random little poem that I came up with. Still, it’s a soft one, and I hope you enjoy it.
The Cat
If you’re following me on Instagram, Threads or Facebook, then you might have seen an excerpt from the unconventionally formatted short story ‘The Cat’ on your feed this week – if not, don’t worry, because in this post you can read that short story in its entirety! It’s from my upcoming collection ‘Purgatory, Fangs & Rabbit Trails’, which focuses on short stories concerning afterlife, whether that’s purgatory, vampiric second life or godly interventions in varying forms. This story falls into the last category, and I hope you enjoy it!
My 2024 In Review – Poetry, Fiction & More!
Happy New Year! It’s a fun coincidence that New Year’s Day this year happened to be on a Wednesday, so I decided I’d shake things up a little bit with a post that explores what I’ve done throughout this past year.
To Misplace a Monarchy
Another fantasy poem this week! It’s time to take a closer look at the concept of rulership and governance in this fantasy world that we’ve been exploring over the last few weeks–maybe even a careful interrogation of the concept. I hope you enjoy this week’s poem!
The Skulking Guardsman
This week, I have got another fantasy poem for you from the collection we’ve been building up across the past few weeks, but this one dances a little closer to the actual project I’m working on which these poems form some of the world-building for (I don’t actually know whether they will be included in the final project or not yet, as an aside, but I hope you’re enjoying them nevertheless!).
Even Gods Must Sleep
Interestingly, even though I’ve posted quite a few of these fantasy poems now, this one was actually the first that I wrote. I guess that makes it quite special in its own way, and it’s also a little longer than some of the others, but in a sense, it’s the starting point for all of the other poems that I’ve been posting from this collection, week by week, so I hope you enjoy this ‘beginning’!
Unknowledge
This week, we’re continuing the collection that I’ve been covering over the past few posts with my fantasy poems, expanding on this mysterious world in a somewhat interesting and perhaps meta way in this poem, ‘Unknowledge’.
Welcoming Dawn
Another week, another fantasy poem! This is another one from the collection that I’ve been writing, which this time focuses on sunrise and a rather nice ritual-esque occurrence that happens within this setting, so I hope that you enjoy it!
Cats & Dogs
A bit of a fun one this week! This is another poem from the fantasy collection/project that I’m working on, but as you may have guessed by the title, it’s got a pretty specific focus – or rather, two! I hope that you enjoy this poem.