World Enough and Time

Portrait of the Book As Golem

So here I am at the river bank,
harvesting clay for my novel,
hands slick with the dark stuff,
as prolific as birth blood.
Back at the house, I turn it
on the wheel of life, make a golem,
knead the long ends into legs, hands,
twist the plot like a load of challah,
build the creature, the avatar,
With my left point finger, closest
to the heart, I write the name of G-d
on his vast, unknowing forehead.
Animation always surprises.
He rises, looks about in wonder
like the first man in Eden,
his eyes still full of innocence.
I hand him an AK47 and a full clip,
and let him seek out readers.
I am done with this one now.
I turn to the next book,
my conscience clear as Eve’s
and damned for my own eternity.

“Portrait of the Book As Golem” copyright © 2013 Jane Yolen

I wrote an Aral Vorkosigan poem: Shards of Memory.

Title: Immortal Beloved
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Jack/Jack
Genre: Poem #12
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Possible spoilers for "Captain Jack Harkness". Captain Jack Harkness' voice. Cross-posted to my LJ and torch_wood. With thanks to damalan and fatchickengirl for inventing the form.

Immortal Beloved

Captain James Harper, who are you?
Appearing from nowhere, going
Poof! into light for your duty.
Tell me where you came from. Tell me
Anything to convince me that
I danced with you at the Ritz, and
Nothing in my life is the same.

James, you had no future or past.
Authorities say there's no one
Called Captain Harper in Britain.
Kind of a shock, to love a ghost.

Harbouring the memory of
An ardent kiss, a tender touch,
Remembering the scent of you,
King of my senses, dearest love,
Nothing of it makes sense. Should I
Endlessly wonder what you were?
Search till I reach the end of my days?
Search for a love that will not die?

~ ~ ~

Twelfth in a series following Endings and Beginnings, Notes for Gwen Cooper, Time Present, Camping, Jasmine, Consuming, Mary, Danger Man, Silence, Aviator, and Weevil.


~ ~ ~

Title: Aviator
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: fajrdrako
Characters:
Genre: Poem #10
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Spoilers for "Out of Time". Owen's voice. Cross-posted to my LJ and torch_wood. With thanks to damalan and fatchickengirl for inventing the form.


( Aviator )

Title: Danger Man
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Jack/Ianto
Genre: Poem #8
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Possible spoilers for "They Keep Killing Suzie". Ianto's voice. Cross-posted to my LJ and torch_wood. With thanks to damalan and fatchickengirl for inventing the form.

( Danger Man )

Title: Consuming
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Jack
Genre: Poem #6
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers. Jack's voice. Cross-posted to my LJ and torch_wood.

( Consuming )

Title: Camping
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Ianto, Lisa
Genre: Poem #4
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers, though there are references relating to "Cyberwoman" and a line in "Countrycide". Ianto's voice. Cross-posted to my LJ and torch_wood. With thanks to damalan and fatchickengirl for inventing the form.

( Camping )

Title: Notes for Gwen Cooper
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Jack, Gwen, Owen
Genre: Poem #2
Rating: G
Summary: Perspective on "Day One". Number 2 in a series.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, characters and subject are property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers, though there are references to "Day One". Cross-posted to my LJ and torch_wood.
( Notes for Gwen Cooper )

fatchickengirl challenged damalan to write a short piece of Torchwood poetry of eight syllables per line. His poem, End of Days, is here.

I couldn't resist doing the same, with my own 'constraint'. fatchickengirl and damalan were okay with that. Seems to me this form of poetic drabble ficlet thingummy should have a name of its own.

And strangely enough, mine is a Jack/Gwen piece. Have I written any of those before? I don't think so, but I've thought about it.

( Jack's Pick )