Author: dng

The world is built on tears, they say. The world is built on tears. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork… Continue reading Salt

The hierarchies of Rule are strictly based on age. Live long enough and you too shall one day be Queen. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of… Continue reading Rule

They do not bury their dead. Birds flock here from all around. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork – Delusion… Continue reading Rock

The skies of Roan burn the red of sunrise for half the year, and the red of sunset for the rest. Nighttime lasts a single second. To miss it is to never age. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance –… Continue reading Roan

The ways of Ritual are not as old as they suppose. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork – Delusion –… Continue reading Ritual

Those that live on The Reflection of The Moon believe this world to be a pale dream of the world above. When the moon next wakes we shall all be forgotten. When it sleeps once more new islands will form, like clouds within the waters of the dream. Though we have tried to convince them… Continue reading The Reflection Of The Moon

The wind does not blow. The rain does not fall. Even the waves do not break on the beach. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red… Continue reading Quiet

On Promise young mothers make their wishes and are always then rewarded. They give birth to cats, birds, bees, wolfs, whales, butterflies, fish, bears, boars, rivers, rain, smoke, steam, wind, fog, ghosts, memories, nostalgia, regrets, tears, joy. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue –… Continue reading Promise

The language of Poetry is the most beautiful we have ever heard. It makes bearable existence, makes wondrous the world. No matter how hard we try, we cannot speak it, though we know every word it contains. Forced to talk in our tongue, they become saddened and increasingly upset. Suicides follow in alarming frequency. There… Continue reading Poetry

My mother is from here. She will not speak of it to me. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork –… Continue reading Past