Sunlight radiates Cicadas hum in cadence Their song lures the moon.

First Date Two shy and lonely people met amidst the magic of the starry night. Love is enchanting, so it meandered through the lovers’ hearts. The attraction fluttered in every cell of their bodies. She knew he was the one; he would ask her to marry him. He couldn’t be without her. The first date brought delightful giddiness where ...

I stole the moon when I was ten. Plucked it right out of the river. I hid it in my pocket all the way home, peeking once, twice, three times to make sure it was still glowing. I kept it on my desk like a nightlight until I was old enough to learn that monsters ...

Photo by: Jeff Bergstrom

What’s that in the deep star embellished sky? an all-knowing eye which is a nightly spy, a constant nightly companion.   Oh doth shines the shimmery orb   Your mysteries perplex and astound me as you sparkle with silvery light, bathe the nightshade perfumed earth beneath your wonderous stare.   Oh doth shines the shimmery ...

I. Freckles Sun kissed constellations Over a landscape of imperfect skin.   Telling the stories of a past spent outside in the summertime.    Your skin  Is a map of the cosmos.   Imperfections are just stardust and light Moving through time and space.   Your entire being is a universe in itself. And it ...

Royal greetings were always the same at the palace. The essential staff (Guards, and the royal servants that would attend to the guests in question during their stay.) Then of course, Then there’s the royal family. Well, all of the ones that weren’t banished for treasons against their mother. These could range anywhere from slander ...

Daisuke Geneomene paced around the room nervously, ignoring the chill in the air. The room was pitch black except for a thin line of starlight coming in from the rounded window which looked out on a little waterfall that emptied into a small lake. The lake water looked clear from the window. It matched the ...

There was a little girl. She had long curly brown hair and big glasses. She was small and tripped over her hair as she entered the large crystal door of the ballroom. I snickered at her and received a menacing glare from my grandfather. “She will be your queen one day, Ariadne. Show some respect.” ...