“The Birth of Spring” from “Remembering Eternity”
“As the earth, kissed by the vernal sun, slowly awoke like a Sleeping Beauty, smelling of warmed, natural perfumes and fecund loins, stretching her dazed limbs, smiling up at the clear skies, everything around her came to life as well. Bird couples swooped and fluttered in delight as they gathered the materials for their new […]
Continue reading“A Magical Moonlight Dance” from “Remembering Eternity”
“Ilona stood several yards from the tent, backdropped by stenciled birches, framed on either side by boulders whose gray emanations made them seem like fallen pieces of the moon. Her arms extended above her head, hands placed together, thumbs hooked. The moonlight flecked her body unevenly: deeply shading the place below her chest, shining bright […]
Continue reading“Friendship” from “The Enlightenment of Joshua Inly”
“They would take walks in Joshua’s neighborhood or in the vicinity of the music store where they often met. Sometimes they talked enthusiastically, surprised and delighted to have someone who, they knew, would immediately understand every word they spoke; other times they would remain speechless, content to look around them at the greening trees, the […]
Continue reading“A Boy’s Vision” from “The Enlightenment of Joshua Inly”
“In a gentle but well-pitched voice, he began to speak. ‘I saw a column of fire climbing up my spine. At certain points, the fire paused and a colorful flower caught its flame. Once the fire reached the top of my head, the entire universe opened up to me. There were huge fields of stars, […]
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