Excerpt from “The Oracle of Cisthene”
Oracle tells no lies to the men who
come to it want to hear. He who believes
he is without worry worries the most
for what lies beyond his control.
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Excerpt from “The Gorgon Awaits Her Fate”
“For sixteen years, the blood sun neither set
nor rose upon the basalt shores of
Sarpedon, where the gorgon slithered on
like a snake, her limbs and tail like a
scorpion, among the tombs she created”
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Welcome to 2020!
I am back from a break and ready to post in the new year. I have a lot of projects planned–writing-wise–in 2020 that I am thrilled to share with you! One project, of which, is the fiction version of Medusa, The Lost Daughter! Yes, the poetry version will be expanded into a full-blown fiction version. It is in the works, so I will be posting some snippets from the poetic version for you to get you ready for it!
Also, there may be some local workshops that I may be leading coming your way if you living in the MD/VA/DC area. Stay tuned.
There may be a free writing camp available online soon. Hmmm…a very big possibility!
I just finished my first fiction work, The Fleeting Lights. It has passed the first draft mark. I am so excited!
Also, the new year is not without celebrating. Keep your eyes open for some giveaways. Could be Medusa or anything else. Stay tuned.
Happy 2020!
JL Smith
Excerpt:
But, the tree grew anyway,
healing from the switches
taken to its base,
growing during the rainy seasons
when we nourished it.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Excerpt:
I dug deeper into the earth,
severing roots that were never fully connected,
ones that I thought that were a part of me.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Excerpt:
my side of the garden endured,
as I scraped back bare soil:
the earth I once remembered,
the remnants of what I started with.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Excerpt:
Matter weathered
by the elements,
crumbling like us,
to the ground,
where we both originated.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Excerpt:
Alone,
a prisoner of my own making,
I allow you to keep me hostage…
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Excerpt:
I hold myself from the edge
not so you can be the one to save me,
but save myself from you.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Excerpt:
So, I left the table,
seeking another restaurant,
only to have them follow me,
said that I could never leave,
until I told them
I never asked them to stay.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
J.L. Smith 