By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Another experiment. Hope you enjoy it. ^_^] Two wooden swings tied with ropes hang from the branches of an oak tree that stands upon a grassy knoll beneath skies brushed by an orange hue from the sunset just above the horizon of the ocean Continue reading “Side-by-Side (A Poem)”
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Oblivion Avenue (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Inspired by a dream filled with ideas for characters and places just waiting for their chance to appear in fiction somewhere.] Along Oblivion Avenue or so I have heard ideas exist in a state between what might be and what might never have been the road Continue reading “Oblivion Avenue (A Poem)”
A Character Named Metafiction (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Another highly experimental piece, based on the literary genre of metafiction.] A character named Metafiction is aware she is a character named Metafiction who lives within the margined boundaries of this poem much like a happy robin safe inside her nest high in a tree ThisContinue reading “A Character Named Metafiction (A Poem)”
A Character of a Poem
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: I love experimenting with different types of characters.] I am a character born from the words of this poem a fiction given textual life by a writer My existence is a mystery to me Who am I at this very moment but a voice? Do IContinue reading “A Character of a Poem”
The Fairytale Rhythms of Inkheart
Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart is a fairytale tribute to the magical qualities that stories possess. Young Maggie resides with her father, a well-traveled bookbinder she has always called Mo, in a humble farmhouse where books crowd every available nook in piles and stacks. They lead quiet but pleasant lives dominated by a love of reading, untilContinue reading “The Fairytale Rhythms of Inkheart”