WORDS
Why are we here? Because we're here. Roll the bones.
Why does it happen? Because it happens. Roll the bones.
The original Eyrie - my first set of web pages - set up a page called the
"Book of Shadows", which
was
a catch-all
place for my poetry, writing, thoughts, and a few strayed links. This
page
shall serve somewhat
the same purpose for Silver's Den; however, it will be purely my own
composition, my own
writing, poetry, and thoughts.
Each of the poems - at the moment, they are all poems - though that may
change - will be
preceded by a few paragraphs of commentary (meta-writing) about what the
piece came from, or,
very rarely, what it means; I rarely comment on meanings, because that is
what the poems are
there for. I hope that these commentaries will enhance the reading of the
poem - however, for
those who are not interested, there is a link at the top of each page to
take you directly to the
verse.
I am a writer by spirit and profession. All of these works are copyright
to
Heather Anne Nicoll.
- An untitled poem in dactylic octameter -
February 13, 1997
- My City - ??? ??, 1998
- But My Heart - February 14, 1998
- The Blue-Eyed Cat - March 6, 1998
- To My Mother - March 29, 1998
- Aobheil - April 27, 1998
- XAIPEIN - April 29, 1998
- Phulaxe - April 30, 1998
- Alegria - April 30, 1998
- Questing for Aleph - May 1, 1998
- The Rain - May 2, 1998
- Impromptu Poetry - May 27, 1998
- This Dream - June 1, 1998
- Blood Mother - June 3, 1998
- Rape Satori - June 3, 1998
- Blood Oath - June 5, 1998
- Images and Words - June 7, 1998
- Nine Passions - June 7, 1998
- Promises - June 11, 1998
- Granddaughter - June 15, 1998
- Padrecito - June 18, 1998
- Composed Without Further Editing - June 28,
1998
- The Visitation - July 3 (4), 1998
- (The gap here is partially explained by me writing a novel.)
- Tribute
- Nomar Garciaparra - 18 October, 1999
- Obsession - 23 November, 1999
- Perfect Game - 14 March, 2000
- Negative Space - 30 May, 2000
- Broken Sestina - 21 June, 2000
- It Rains - 27 June, 2000
- Seth Beyond the Borders of Egypt - 22 July
2003
- Untitled: In Praise of Yinepu - 7
January, 2004
I do recommend perusing the Book of Shadows if these
works are interesting to you. These are the contents thereof wih a little
comment on each.
- Alexander: This
is one of my oldest short stories and one that I've been lucky enough to
keep track of over the years. It is probably my first successful
experiment with the psyche in writing.
- Dark
Angel: This poem was written as a gift to one who is no longer so
close as he was. I have reclaimed it.
- Another
poem: this one
untitled, which I tend to refer to as 'the horse poem'.
- The
Wedding: This came from something of a
vision-image I had. I have been engaged - unofficially, since I was
underage at the time - since Yule of 1995.
- Hymn to Oestre:
I wrote this after walking across the
Wellesley campus in the mist to the rather (supposedly) prosaic Science
Center, which is actually one of the more aesthetically perplexing
buildings on campus. I find it delightful. The poem, though is about
other things entirely.
- Gueneviere:
I occasionally say that
I have a ghost in my head. This is her. I'm perfectly serious. She's
been there since mid-April, 1996.
- Eyes:
Prose piece. It's not just poetry I write to crystallize the pain.
- The Rose
Remembered: A poem - vaguely related to Eyes. If it helps with the
image, look at your hand after considering the action of the last line of
the poem. It may be illuminating.
- Closer
to Moonlight: Short story about the natures of gods and coming of age.
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