CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

 Poem for the week. This one will be added to Another 366 Days of Poetry . Until then, it'll feature, here. Another Forlorn Hope Forlorn all hope is gone but still we fight   Forlorn won't see another sun and the dawn lights the sky   Forlorn no hope ahead as the skies fill but we don't stop   Dropships. Paratroops Heavily-armored marines An invasion force   The battle turns on a newcomer's favor our lost not gone in vain the fighting's done. Our battle's won.   And, no longer, are we Forlorn. 

Yesterday's poem was modeled on the echo verse form...and is, of course, about dragons:

  An experiment in looking at the hero’s journey using a series of Crapsey Type II cinquains. A Hero’s Strife Foretold Riven From hearth and hold From family and friends In a long-lived journey that was Foretold Driven From home and kin From the familiar And accused of this the most dark Of sins Striven To next redeem A life thought lost, hope reamed Through ev’ry step, and ev’ry strife, Peace dreamed

   Not everything goes bump in the night. Some glide sorrowfully through castle halls and others stalk the dark, looking for prey. From monsters who died long ago and still walk our world, to creatures who herald death, to those mourning the loss of a king, or grieving a loved one, the short pieces in this collection are themed around death, loss and the undead. NOTE: This collection draws together short pieces from the flash fiction and poetry collections in this series, but includes a number of short stories that can only be found within its covers. Released on October 5, 2022, A Collection of Death and the Undead is the eleventh title in the C.M.'s Collections series. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/47gVYg .     The Restless Dead Ghosts, screaming, souls bereft of all life’s joy. Weep. ... Similar stories to this can be found in other volumes of C.M.'s Collections and the reading list can be found here on ...