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I have 103 stories published in
2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 70964 times
and 37 of my stories have been cherry picked.
John Silver
My stories
Thursday Sonnet: Canticle of Cartago
Cartago is Latin for Carthage, in case you're wondering.
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Monday Sonnet: Coda
That's it. There's no more sonnets. You change place. And I will be your Cyrano no more, There will be no more calling you 'Your Grace,' No speech, no other witty metaphor.
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Thursday Sonnet: Song of Treasures
Acknowledgements to Neil Gaiman's Sandman issue #6 for the sentence which originally inspired this poem.
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Sunday Sonnet: Eulogy
Extraordinary being, tender light Of clemency by which my pen is writing, Hand, blessed, that guides my path out of the night, And heals this chest, and calms this spirit's fighting,
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Monday Sonnet: TS
A different kind of failure, Eliot said Of poetry – and won the Nobel prize. He preached humility, so no surprise. Hence, from under the shadow of his red
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