Ali’s Shoe was a project I started in the style of The Humument, a collection of found poetry from the book Caliban’s Shore. Found poetry is something I had explored as a genre and was excited to start doing again. However, with this project, I found that it became more of a task than fun like it … Continue reading The Death of Ali’s Shoe
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IV – Tin Ark (Ali’s Shoe Project)
close friendships confinedexposed the breakmeals as quarrelling and flirtingescape is mischievousbanished to inflict distressgenuine beauty in the ordinarytime survivesthe usual diversions of sensetheir conversation surrenderdeparture, allthe days slipped and creakingthe blue eraobsessed lineshorror of womenhis right hand disputestood about the passagesthe dandy rankthe fact honourableetiquette relativequarrels and dispositionlove entirely garruloushandsome confinedglimpsed in a letter entertainedsuspicion … Continue reading IV – Tin Ark (Ali’s Shoe Project)
III – Is And Ok (Ali’s Shoe Project)
April whispered underclose into the criesthe hiss of the greatthe line, apple-cheeked comfortshe was a new classthe standard across the worldcapable of her ageshe was tallthe era to stand uprightresembled a preyher tools of battlebuilt by the bleakthe name average after significanther hold had every wondera construction of pulse quickeningan object builtstones to skintimber held … Continue reading III – Is And Ok (Ali’s Shoe Project)
II – Days Please (Ali’s Shoe Project)
delays from his rosehere and to beobligation the better concernthe evil as a constructionthe oldest vessels anchoreddone to be roughinfamous pieces offloaded without disappointthe hopes of a month the letter had expiredoutsiders at his contracthe brought ten daysthe end replyready with bluffantagonise in the years aheadto be a baneful lessonthe silk beingHosea belonged his value … Continue reading II – Days Please (Ali’s Shoe Project)
Ali’s Shoe (Prologue and 1)
PrologueShe was boundpromised to the chiefand only fivea calm swift departureearly in her wakedirty orders were givenSamson held his courseexperienced, keenly awareno better than Africahe set a new courseinto the warmover 16strengthend and stillfollowing leeward!she was asleep in her cota joltshocks marked a dreamlike stateswirled over into darknessbrutal oblivioncataclysmic troopsfind the otherfaster than Captain Samsonown … Continue reading Ali’s Shoe (Prologue and 1)
AF Cowlin 