Demon From The Depths Of Hell – A Sonnet

To a demon risen from the depths of hell
I would like to compare thee
But no words really lend themselves to tell
What you did and how it affected me
How you left me wounded, scarred and branded
Tell how you stole my energy and life
Though you pass as human undetected
You smothered all my passion, strength and drive
You can live freely and never be condemned
Never have to stand accused of abuse
As many monsters you will be forgotten
Whereas I am seen as weird and twisted
As a perpetrator you will remain unknown
Until the day I as a poet become known
©RedCat

I wrote the first version of this sonnet in Swedish as part of an assignment for one of my creative writing classes about a week ago. Then I decided it was worth trying to translate it. The original has a strict rhyme scheme and lines alternating between hendecasyllable and pentameter. The translation however does not, as I decided the content was more important than the form or rhyming. So there are some rhyming lines and some unrhymed. The lines vary between seven and twelve syllables.

Still I’m happy with finally translating a text from one of my classes and proud of this version and its content. Tonight I will read it on Open Link LIVE – November Edition at dVerse.

Image credits:

First image: Photo by Matthew Ball on Unsplash
Second image: Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash
Third image: Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash

Thursday 11 November, 2021 10

Happening Now! The Anthropocene Hymnal Poetry Reading

Come join in and listen to the poets of The Anthropocene Hymnal reading their work.

Click the link to join. https://meet.google.com/osx-mbsa-dch?hs=224

From 5:55 pm, the event will move to this link: https://meet.google.com/eqe-hxps-snj

Sunday 7 November, 2021 2

The Anthropocene Hymnal Poetry Reading

Tomorrow, Sunday the 7 November 2021, at 5:00pm CET. Ingrid Wilson will host a poetry reading event. During this event, contributors to The Anthropocene Hymnal will be reading their poems, and discussing the inspiration behind them.

I have timed this event to fall in the middle of the COP 26 Climate Conference in Glasgow. Some have heralded this as our ‘last chance’ to garner enough political will to work on worldwide solutions to the global problems we now face.
Really, I would like to be there on the ‘front line’ protesting, but I have decided to do what I can in my small way, raising my voice with others about the state of emergency on our planet, and what we might hope to do about it.
Ingrid Wilson, Experiments in Fiction

The event is free to attend and you can find the link here, at Experiments in Fiction or at the event I put up on Facebook.

If everything go as planned I will record the event and it will be put online. It will be the first time I do that so hold your thumbs it will work out and become a video we can put online later.

The program will be as follows.

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Saturday 6 November, 2021 1

When Specters Pass In Sight

Outside it’s cold and wet
All hallows night has set
Mist creeping on the ground
Liquid sounds bouncing around
Inside the fire warms
Lending peace and calm
To this strange night
When specters pass in sight
As the veil between the worlds thins
We meet ghosts without and within
Telling us their stories
Happy, sad, mundane and gory
If we listen, learn and grow
We might find what we yearn to know
©RedCat

This week has been the first time since the start of my writing classes that I’ve had not only time and energy, but that itching urge to write. For the pure joy of creating something new. For the fun of playing around with sounds, rhyme, and rhythm. I don’t know if that means I’ve finally found that new equilibrium I’ve sought since late August or if it’s just because the workload has been slightly less this week. We’ll see…

I’m also looking forward to Sunday and The Anthropocene Hymnal Poetry Reading at 5:00pm CET. Will post more details tomorrow on how you’ll join in to listen.

Image credits:

First image: Photo by m wrona on Unsplash
Second image: Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash
Third image: Photo by Ramiro Pianarosa on Unsplash

Saturday 6 November, 2021 1

Topsy-turvy

That topsy-turvy feeling
when you haven’t written what you should
but rather what made you feel good
Is a bewildering perplexing thing
©REDCAT

So keeping the blog updated haven’t gone very well. But fortunately my writing classes mostly do. I’m learning lots and really enjoy the feeling of being free to write and read as much as I can. Some days though, like today, I have things I really should work on but my mind keeps me busy writing other things instead.

Oh, well…!