The foremost benefit of remaining single is the retention of complete autonomy over one’s own life. Any opportunity may immediately be taken advantage of without the consultation of others. Life may be lived as luxuriously as one’s budget will allow or as stoically as possible in order to s...
“My lords, perchance you would permit me a private word with my sister?” Varys slithered to his feet, smiling in that unctuous way he had. “How you must have yearned for the sound of your sweet sister’s voice. My lords, please, let us give them a few moments together. The ...
He appears as ‘Velent’ in a side-story to a 13thC Scandinavian retelling of the popular Germanic saga of the life of the Gothic hero-kingTheoderic (Dietrich) the Great (Þiðrekssaga/Thidrekssaga). This is itself another version of the story inVölundarkviðaalbeit different in...
To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there’s the rub, That makes Calamity of so long a life: He did not feel like his life was a calamity. However, he was indeed old – he was completely aware of that fact and wore it like a pair of tattered shoes that his mind told him to thr...
or both perchance? Steal forth when night holds her starry court, and the guitars around are tinkling, as more than one rich voice deplores his mistress’s cruelty, in hopes she may now relent. But see! _there_ is one, who puts in requisition neither music’s spell, nor flattery’s ...
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. He seemed to feel the weight of her gaze. I have had rooms prepared, and you’ll find no lack of hot water to wash off the dust of the road. I hope you will honor us at table tonight. (Robb) The woods pressed ...
barking dogs prowling cats jet-lagged overactive brain… Insomnia insinuates interrupts imagines home the comfort zone of relaxation to sleep perchance to dream… of travel! I wrote this poem in class after an example in an 11-part primer on writing contemporary poetry, available online fromMslexia...