The Moral of the Tail . . . Don’t Vex a Poet My Dear (Filth invovled)
Is it fair to judge a poet’s nature from their verses alone? Gaius Valerius Catullus (c.84 BC–c.54 BC) thought not, …
Author Archives: Esme upon the Cloud
The Cloud Speaks upon the Subject of Disappointment
Morrissey — The greatest disappointment since the human race crawled from the primaeval soup and the whole of their …
The Road to Independence – Swarndeep Gill
For Victoria over at Victoria Neuronotes. Sometimes our paths leave us mired in dark places, and we cannot navigate our …
Simulcast Fragment – 270065 – Zane Griftor – The Drawback
“I wish you’d just take a draw and chill out Zane.” I stare at Rippon with empty eyes. I do …
The Character of Cataracta
Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water …
Racy Alternation
Racy Alternation Spellbound storm rider, Balls clipped to cleats; I’ve got time on my side, For my feet fly so …
The Cloud Speaks on the Subject of Criticism
Taking criticism is much like undergoing an enema — rarely a happily received procedure — only worse, as the resultant …
Her looks nailed down his hands his wrists his elbows.
Sublime stuff, a wonderful lack of punctuation too. One huge expulsion of rawly charged air. Lovesong – Ted Hughes He …
Be Yourself – Everyone Else is Already Taken
A moving example of film noir.
The Cloud Speaks on the Subject of Tragedy
We adore tragedy. Think of your favourite film, your most beloved book, and I venture there will be elements …
Simulcast Fragment – 7355012 – Jacob Vlaška – Cloud Nine
I’m having some fun at her expense, yet it is gentle in nature; the aim, to bring forth a smile, …
The roughage grows dark – by Minty Boffle
I came across this a couple of weeks back and loved it so much it stuck with me enough to …
The Idiom Meridian
I catch your eye, And hold it a second; Then let it ping back into place. A fat orb of …
When Charles Dickens Met Esme 1861
Of course in that life Esme was using her middle name – Estella. And my, what great expectations he had …
Quite Something
She could sense everything Throughout the aether From ear to eternity’s horizon, To the Empyrian Gate. And consequently . . …
The Thoughtful Son
On her travels away from this wild and wondrous place Esme came across the below. It is a letter written …
20. Monsters – Gareth Edwards – (2010)
Fantastical and Unusual Celluloid. Esme particularly enjoyed this film as it isn’t a run of the mill alien/monster malarkey; ’tis …
So it Goes.
In a faraway land, umpteen moons ago, Fishwives tongues set the world aglow; Igniting with rumours a rife paradigm, Peradventure …
Rest in stars Stephen.
Just One Solitary Click Left in the Tank.
A Clean Sweep On darker days her toes will curl, Flex, flare, then slowly (but surely) they fasten One …
