Shadow of Iris

somniat 28: can you run?

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:31:11 PST

somniat 28 – can you run? There are flowers all along the walls, blazing flowers of gold that bend and sparkle whenever our light shines upon them; they are set amid scenes of pastoral beauty, splendid trees with soft leaves … Continue reading →

somniat 27: the lolling tongue

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:12 PST

Somniat 27 – the lolling tongue She drinks the blood of those who have gone before her and her tongue wallows in the wounds of those life has left behind as she tastes their defeat and thrives on it; she … Continue reading →

somniat 26: what the gargoyle saw

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:28:29 PST

somniat 26 — what the gargoyle saw Over its mocking mouth and over its misshapen, oversized nose, the gargoyle’s eyes are all that’s left of its menace; huge, deep, and hollow, they glare down the entire length of the promenade, … Continue reading →

somniat 25: chrysocolla

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:25:33 PST

somniat — chrysocolla A hydrated copper silicate material; blue-green — the color of an inland sea up high on a mountain; glue for soldering gold; quartz, limonite, azurite, malachite, and cuprite; smooth and shapely, showing off their contours, a world … Continue reading →

somniat 24: heat

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:11:14 PST

somniat – heat I don’t know what happened, they just came in all of the sudden and made everyone leave; I hid in the back … yes … I think I know another way out, but it wouldn’t be easy; … Continue reading →

somniat 23: parousiamania

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:54:00 PST

somniat 23 — parousiamania I open my eyes and I hear the ringing again echoing across quivering black walls that stretch in strange ways so that I think, I could just reach out with my fingers and touch the ceiling … Continue reading →

somniat 22: basalt and ebony

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:39:53 PST

basalt and ebony I stand and face a wide twisting tunnel of black turbulent waters that have frozen in time; infinity plays out a game with itself across endless shades of basalt and ebony; this games stretches out the entire … Continue reading →

Happy Holidays!

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:17:24 PST

Lots in store for 2012 here. The last two thirds of Somniat — and lots of new poetry. A big thanks to all of you who read Shadow of Iris this year. You are deeply appreciated. Also, your comments have … Continue reading →

somniat 21: a festival of stars

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:31:57 PST

somniat 21: a festival of stars The light is so bright it blinds us; it hits one spot first, and then another over there, and then one more, and then yet another – until the entire room bounces and glistens … Continue reading →

somniat 20: a standoff

podcast@shadowofiris.com — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:26:27 PST

somniat 20 – a standoff They’ve always called it the atrium and I’ve never known why; what light there is, is near the ground lighting up the fountain, but the area above disappears into thick shadows that always leave you … Continue reading →