of Stardust and the Beasts
Poetry, prose, stories, and other creative writing experiments.
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #10 | The Rudeness Continues
I was editing this with Sonia by Mirar blasting in my ears… contrary to popular belief about music as such, it calms my brain and makes me able to think on a few continuous threads instead of a hundred… if it makes sense… I mean.. it helps me structure my naturally chaotic mind… Also, as always, Denise , as the host for the six sentence story hops, provided us with the weekly prompt word—SLIP—and all the other participants’ stories can be accessed through the link-up . the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #10 “Five more minutes!” the Nervous Poet yelled at her phone as if it were her mother waking her up for school again—well, you wouldn’t be surprised, considering that her creativity had peaked with wine and the obnoxiously loud music drowning out the downstairs neighbours’…
a POEM IN SIX #2 | Prompt Word: YARN | Linked to dVerse OLN
Какая ночь! Я не могу and Не гляди на меня с упрёком : These songs were playing on repeat as I wrote this poem. I used to write like this quite often—from an emotion or thought evoked by a song—and I wanted to see if I could still do it. So the poem is largely inspired by the original poems, used as lyrics here, but from the perspective of a woman. PS: I’ve always admired how direct and emotionally unflinching Sergey Yesenin’s poetry is. It’s all the more haunting knowing that he died not long after writing these… or how the end of his life played out… or how he wrote his last poem… truly… overwhelmingly tragic. Also, Denise gives us the prompt words and hosts the Six Sentence Story hops weekly… all the six-sentence entries of this week can be found at this link-up . I also…
Ten Thing of Thankful #15 | Technical Aspects of Writing & Why the New Blog
This week’s thankful is a little different and has sections some of you may want to skip… but perhaps, the technical parts… can be helpful for some… Also, reading countless discussions on Threads and X about proving authorship made me wanna write about a few things, and also why I created this blog… and I will try to answer a question I got about it in a way I feel comfortable (10th… question itself I got a few weeks ago and I honestly thought about not answering it at all). You can join the hop or read through what others wrote at the link-up . Ten Thing of Thankful #15 First—had time to read blogs. And leave some comments too; I am still not done snooping around. I usually…
Short Story | The Silence Between Us
This is another piece in the ‘Dead Poet’ “series” or something. It’s a short story inspired by the the six-sentence story of the same name that written for a prompt. In it, the protagonist falls deeply in love with a person through their poetry, only to remain alone for a lifetime. I hope I’ve captured the feeling of being in love with something unattainable well enough. Short Story | The Silence Between Us I feel like I have nothing left to write these days. Instead of creating, I’ve been sitting on my bed in a vegetative state, guilt accumulating with every sip of wine I take. I know I should be writing—or doing something, anything. Sometimes, I catch myself simply waiting for nightfall, just so I can curl up and pretend to sleep, though occasionally, I find myself fantasizing instead….
Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #20 | Nothing
The final piece of Margins of the First Draft—a strange piece of poetry about inspiration being found in someone elses work. I’m a little sad that this is the last piece of this section.Hopefully, I’ll create more in the future as I myself liked making it, I think I have become a better writer all thanks to this section and the six-sentence stories on my blog. (Authors Note) Nothing “I will die, doing nothing ” You have inspired the art of other people And that is tenfold more… Than having died “ Doing nothing” Poetry on the Margins #20 A little note Art can definitely change the world into a better place,softening the harsh, cruel reality that we all tend to experience at one point or…
Poetry On the margins of the Second Draft #3 | Bad Poetry
The pieces here aren’t really poems—I’m not doing as much poetry or reflection as I am just… writing. The Second Margins were meant to be more of a messy, experimental corner of my blog—something that might ignite my imagination and lead me back to poetry. However, if I manage, I may begin sharing some poems separately as well—either parts from here or entirely new ones that feel a bit more presentable for a blog hop. Because, well, it seems I really enjoy writing and reading those too. If I tried to write poetry about my bad cravings… I think I am a violent being by nature… My mother always told me that chocolate(one of my favorite things on this earth)is supposed to be indulged in…
Ten Thing of Thankful #15 | Technical Aspects of Writing & Why the New Blog
This week’s thankful is a little different and has sections some of you may want to skip… but perhaps, the technical parts… can be helpful for some… Also, reading countless discussions on Threads and X about proving authorship made me wanna write about a few…
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #10 | The Rudeness Continues
I was editing this with Sonia by Mirar blasting in my ears… contrary to popular belief about music as such, it calms my brain and makes me able to think on a few continuous threads instead of a hundred… if it makes sense… I mean.. it helps me structure my…
Ten Thing of Thankful #14 | Music, Community & Behind the Scenes
This week has been very productive for me in the areas of blogging that I usually don’t talk about… But also outside of it… Writing down my ten things of grats’ has become one of my favorite parts of the week, as it reminds me—someone who is so prone to feeling…
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #9 | How Rude is This?
Every week, Denise, aka GirlieOnTheEdge , gives us a prompt word for a story that must be written in exactly six sentences. It has become one of my favorite ways to construct a story— or a poem —and, even more so, I have discovered that contributing to the…
a POEM IN SIX #2 | Prompt Word: YARN | Linked to dVerse OLN
Какая ночь! Я не могу and Не гляди на меня с упрёком : These songs were playing on repeat as I wrote this poem. I used to write like this quite often—from an emotion or thought evoked by a song—and I wanted to see if I could still do it. So the poem is largely…