To The Shrike
The butcher-bird is perched, like sentinel of stone - Unmovable and steady as the mountain - Upright upon a branch, protruding there alone, Standing guard against the fountain Streaming down across his lethal gaze. The butcher-bird a flash now...
Nature and Manufacture (Chapter 1 - Meeting)
I have a journal entry about why this was necessary but here's a reworking of the Vinci and Arty thing that I'd abandoned. Sincere apologies for reposting something similar to what I had posted before. Anyways, I think its a little bit better now and...
Gutpunch 4: Violence of an almost sexual nature
And so the tinny rabbit, cloaked in a hood of midnight, her sword sheathed, but always at the ready, stood in front of the ivory gates and as she drew in the cold morning air, burning her throat and lungs, and as her bare-feet slowly numbed from the...
A twinge of conscience
nature’s most perfect killing machine. he scooted closer to her and laid his big arm around her shoulders, pulling her in a bit. “have you spoken with them about the whole thing?” he asked in a soft tone, rubbing her shoulder gently.
Natural Science- Tidal Pools
There was always something rejuvenating for Terry Barnhurst being near the oceans near the school he attended. Only 16, the otter would often study on his own time, the many varieties of life that would inhabit the tidal pools. This otter was...
Coalescence Book I - Chapter 11 - Nature
Chapter 11 - Nature -W- Pride had swelled within me when I took my rest within Connor. Sorrow and dread filled me once he woke. I was bombarded with emotions, stirring me from my rest, from my...
Natural Science- Permanent Waves
As much as Terry Barnhurst enjoyed his nice government job focusing on endangered species which allowed him a house in Charlotte's privileged side of town, the otter would need to engage in the kind of light-spirited play the species was known for. So...
Book One of Rabbits Part 1 of 29 "The Fingerprint Of Nature's Breath?"
**"**** The fingerprint of nature's breath?"** Four days marching into the misery leaves only the blistering desert spanning this lonely horizon. Two colors set the contrast between Vaelia and Celestiae, ivory of the baking sand and the deep blue of...
Season's Front
Winter's eyes grew heavy as she kept on her way. The day in and day out march up the stony mountain path has been long, but necessary for reaching the next place where she could lay her head down. "Just a few more miles and then I can finally rest for...
Natural Habitat Interviews 5: Ophelia, and The Ten Questions
James Lipton: We welcome now Ophelia Featherstone, Esq., whose anthropomorphic form is that of the _caniformia musteloidia mephitidae._ OPHELIA: You can say "skunk." There's nothing the least bit wrong with it. James Lipton: I suppose that I'm...
The True Nature of Dragons by Ser Arturian
_Dragons_ _though they may claim to be as any other creature when it comes to motivations and emotions they are wrong, or better put they are lying_ _all dragons, even those who fight for what you may consider a noble cause, are nothing but beasts...
Nature Daughter's Lament- WoW Fan Poetry
As Lady Sun sinks behind arches of wood, Teldrassil maiden, tall and slender, with hair of sapphire Eyes of emerald; she crouches, alert. She keeps watch over Ents of old. She thinks of her home: family, fireplace, a bed of silk instead of...