“Oh, the Leviathan’s large,
It’s as big as a barge,
It’s the terror of all seven seas.
Ah, but here on the land,
When it’s stuck in the sand,
It’s a hideaway for you and me—and me,
A hideaway for you and me.

In Memoriam Memoriam

In ages past, a monolith displayed
The record of a battle. New-crowned kings
Their chosen works through stone relayed,
And history, clad in marble, ever sings.
But not so now. For history’s bereft
Of permanence, now that we choose to write
Our records in bright pixels. Where’s the heft,
The weight, the…

Beyond Forest-End

Her mother named her Daphne, for her eyes
Were green, just like the sun-lit laurel leaves.
Tears filled those emerald eyes just yester-eve,
Beside her aged mother’s dying sighs.
But now, no weeping, no more mournful cries:
Her journey offers her no time to grieve.
No peace her mother’s life-soul can receive
U…

This bridge, Jamako knew, would never be able to handle the kind of traffic load ElfTrans expected in the corridor.

My left hand turned another time-worn page;
I scanned the ancient text for any sign
That wiser seers from some forgotten age
Had held in their hands what I held in mine—
Or rather what my hand held, I should say:
My right hand, that still held within its grasp
The vial that glowed as bright as break of day,
But burned like…