Captian's Log Memorial Day 2026 25 May 2026 Their backs were turned toward us,their faces to the fight. They left their home and comfortsto stand for what is right. And some do not returnturn back againcome home.Today's memorialof…
Captian's Log The Light From His Sword 18 May 202616 May 2026 How stealthily the crawling mists have come upon our rear. How sudden, now; I turn and see, the veil of nothingness. What figures here are wandering amid the silent dark,…
Captian's Log Wine From Stone 14 May 2026 Kings and dukes, a heap of flesh, their ladies a feast for crows. Castles and thrones cobwebs enmesh.The darkness only grows. Who has wrought this dreadful scene?Why, poet, dream anew…
Captian's Log NER | The Empty Room + Zombie Dance 6 May 20265 May 2026 I am happy to announce that two works of mine have been published on NER, the New English Review. I hope you'll take the time to follow the links and…
Captian's Log Life Update: Older + A Prayer 30 Apr 2026 Well, I haven't talked about exercising in a bit. I think not since October. I hit a wall last year. I got sick but had no insurance. It took months…
Captian's Log A Hundred Sails Unfurled 20 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 A hundred sails unfurled A thousand waves had pasthope born for a new worldfor something that would last. The storms that rocked and ragedhad spent themselves away, so then all…
Captian's Log Happy Ninth Birthday, Tale Told 15 Apr 202620 Mar 2026 Please enjoy a few posts from this past year. https://tale-told.com/2025/04/01/dancing-with-death/ https://tale-told.com/2025/05/02/interruptions/ https://tale-told.com/2025/06/13/i-think-so-brain-but-if-we-covered-ourselves-in-sackcloth-and-ashes/ https://tale-told.com/2025/07/03/a-postscript/ https://tale-told.com/2025/08/25/a-smile-breaks-across-the-dead-mans-face/ https://tale-told.com/2025/09/18/absalom-absalom/ https://tale-told.com/2025/10/18/out-of-breath/ https://tale-told.com/2025/11/13/for-many-things-i-am-thankful-today/ https://tale-told.com/2025/12/26/if-its-true/ https://tale-told.com/2026/01/13/conversations-with-myself/ https://tale-told.com/2026/02/14/love-nest-and-zombies/ https://tale-told.com/2026/03/20/between-heaven-and-earth/
Captian's Log Cinder’s Nest 25 Mar 202619 Mar 2026 Sweet are the faces smiling now, sweet in their blind rapture. Sweet are the nods, and sweet their squinting eyes, approval for all that they despise. I will destroy, I…
Captian's Log Beyond 24 Mar 202618 Mar 2026 Written the morning before returning to work after being sick: Beyond the fever, beyond the dream,beyond death's cold and bitter gleam,beyond the shadows, beyond the night,beyond all this, I see…
Captian's Log Left or Right 22 Mar 202617 Mar 2026 Smiling Satan offers two handsa sin to the right, or a sin to the left.How little man understandswhen of the good he's bereft.Set your eye on the gooda star for…
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