By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Hope everyone is doing well! Here is chapter two of “The Tinker Town Chronicles.” Here is the link to Chapter One: https://theliteraryserenityarchives.wordpress.com/2023/02/17/chapter-one-concerns-a-clocktower-keeper/%5D Clocks were ticking in the darkness. Surrounding her. Horatia found comfort in their regular rhythms. Like small, gentle heartbeats. She tried to move but found it too difficult.Continue reading “Chapter Two: A Confused Awakening”
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An Old Clocktower (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: This poem is something of prelude to a much larger story on which I’m working. Hope you enjoy it!] An Old Clocktower stood so tall in the valley its origins unknown aside from vague legends of ancient artisans whose great skills when combined produced a sacred monument around the veryContinue reading “An Old Clocktower (A Poem)”
An Old Face (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Rhythm clocks are amazing.] Last night I helped to repair an old clock that had stood still on our piano for too many years protected by a glass dome cleaned by a simple rag to reveal a grand old face with hands like twirled ribbonsContinue reading “An Old Face (A Poem)”