War’s Gift
The hammer beat against the red-hot sword, their clang resounding through the empty forge, a war cry. Once, twice, thrice, the Blacksmith beat the steel, until it was as smooth as a blade of grass, but far deadlier. Satisfied, he plunged the weapon into a vat of oil and hung it on the wall, to…
Aeneas vs Odysseus
Virgil’s Aeneid is the story of an epic hero, Aeneas, who rose from the ashes of Troy, exchanging his humanity for the immortality of founding Rome. The story picks up at the end of Homer’s Iliad, and the first three books alone, parallel the Odyssey in a variety of ways. Virgil uses a number of…
Time’s Curse
“I knew love once,” Time says to me, his stony clock face void of emotion. I have never laid eyes on him before, but when he first entered my shop, mere minutes ago, I knew him on sight. Now, his giant form sits hunched in the wicker chair across from me, looking as out of…
Nature’s Dream
Nature is asleep. You watch her sleeping soundly, her head tucked under her arms, unconsciously protecting long braids of flowers and vines. Her breathing is slow, so slow that you have to press your ear to the cool moss of her chest in order to hear it. The moss tickles your ear. You pull away,…
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