Captian's Log The Character of the Man 17 Jul 202413 Jul 2024 There are little things that bother me about all this. Hard to explain to a layman, I suppose, but don't you know man? Haven't you ever considered what a human…
Captian's Log How to Return? 16 Jul 202413 Jul 2024 I searched through the night, through a lonely night, and never found new day. Deep into this necropolis I have fallen. What prodigy, what an awful world. The dead inhabit…
Captian's Log Pan’s Pipping Panic 15 Jul 202413 Jul 2024 The faun danced upon the stump, a strange shadow in the firelight. How he smiled, his grin, too big, his pipe, shrill and piercing, his cloven hooves stomping out a…
Captian's Log Praise God 14 Jul 202413 Jul 2024 When in this life all hope has fled, to heaven I will lift my head.If all my struggles are for naught,still for your kingdom I have fought. Should I be…
Captian's Log FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT 13 Jul 202413 Jul 2024 "Fight!" the man implores,and how that anthem rings,when on his face, blood poursfrom wicked bullet stings. https://taletold.wordpress.com/poems-2/fight-fight-fight/
Captian's Log Dancing Delight 13 Jul 2024 Dancing delightthe stars are brighttonight.The sky is clearwhen you are nearmy dear.I only knewthat love was truewith you.And so, the dancer danced upon the rain-wet streetthat mirror-like was a reflection…
Captian's Log Miles to Go 12 Jul 20246 Jul 2024 The sewer waited, the porthole yawning like some black mouth ready to swallow me alive. Crossing myself, I squatted down and sent my legs over the hole's lip to find…
Captian's Log Through 11 Jul 20246 Jul 2024 And through the mist, the rain falling like waves upon the thickset canopy—that partial umbrella keeps some of the storm off as I climb—I see the end of my journey.…
Captian's Log Falling Asleep at the Keyboard 10 Jul 20246 Jul 2024 So, I literally fell asleep at my keyboard a few nights ago trying to cobble together a post. I thought the rough version might entertain some of you: And through…
Captian's Log Deadly Morning Dew 9 Jul 20246 Jul 2024 Morning was in the air, the waiting flavor of daylight, when the fog rolled in from the sea. It climbed up the beach with the deft silence of a burglar,…