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Author Archives: Sarah
Holy Ground
Religious poetry, especially if it is about “sacred spaces,” usually focuses on nature as the godly place. But I don’t think the Lord is absent from the city. And where the Lord is, the ground is sacred. And of course, … Continue reading
Bowdlerizing Revived
(The following was originally published on my LiveJournal blog. Transferred to ScribblerWorks on 4/4/2017.) Beyond the reach of modern prudery The wealth of Shakespeare’s words lies safe, secure. And yet within the ranks of noted scribes Lurk those who would … Continue reading
Villanelle
This poem was written when I was in graduate school. I had been having a pen-pal correspondence and we’d been discussing poetry, formal and free-form. He contended that formal poetry could not be spontaneous, and that free-form poetry was more … Continue reading
Day Break
This poem was inspired by a specific morning. I’d spent the night with my best friend: we’d built a tent from blankets in her back yard, and slept out there in the summer night, watching the bats circling above the … Continue reading
Winter Night
This poem was inspired by late winter nights in Michigan when I was growing up. Particularly returning home after midnight New Year’s Eve services. Empty streets, new-fallen snow, ice frozen on branches….
Law & Order: “Hubris”
As with my other spec scripts, the tide of time has passed this Law & Order spec script by, so it’s offered up as yet another writing sample. What happens when a district attorney is the victim of a crime, specifically an attempted … Continue reading
Free Range Fiction (and Occasional Poetry)
I’ve been considering putting this blog up for some time, so that I would have a good place to put shorter fiction that I just wanted to make available and which did not fit into the context of the Arveniem … Continue reading
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“Underground” Poetry
(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’m goofing around with that title. “Underground” because this fragment used to be “buried” in some boxes with ancient papers, and it was also going to be about Hades’ abduction of Persephone, taking her to his … Continue reading
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Tagged Blank Verse, Framents, Iambic Pentameter, Marble Don, Myths, Persephone, Writing Samples
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Finding Formerly Lost Poems, Yay!
(Originally posted on LiveJournal) So, now that I am launching into a new era of my life (having at last left Jeopardy! and its fine folks behind me), I have to do some major reorganizing in the apartment. Over the … Continue reading
