You call the piece "Fictionalized," but there is so much power and truth in lines that are both prose and poetry, such as:
"Already, turtles were warming themselves on the rocks in the middle of the stream, and birds bathed in the shallow pools on its edges. As she crossed, Vie stepped carefully from rock to rock. She nonetheless lost her footing midstream, immersing her right leg and then left in the knee-high water, baptizing herself with the congregation of other creatures at the stream that morning. Then on she went, emerging from the stream on the far bank, catching the trail immediately above it."
Wonderful imagery and allusions.
I perceive these are chapters in a very worthwhile book, which I for one will buy and read.
Thank you, Chris Andrews, thank you so very much for sharing.
You are really a solid writer. You are tremendous with comedy. And sometimes it is a gifted comic who can have insights to bring us the finest drama or even tragedy, with prose that carries much poetry.
Chris Andrews: Solid, powerful writing.
You call the piece "Fictionalized," but there is so much power and truth in lines that are both prose and poetry, such as:
"Already, turtles were warming themselves on the rocks in the middle of the stream, and birds bathed in the shallow pools on its edges. As she crossed, Vie stepped carefully from rock to rock. She nonetheless lost her footing midstream, immersing her right leg and then left in the knee-high water, baptizing herself with the congregation of other creatures at the stream that morning. Then on she went, emerging from the stream on the far bank, catching the trail immediately above it."
Wonderful imagery and allusions.
I perceive these are chapters in a very worthwhile book, which I for one will buy and read.
Thank you, Chris Andrews, thank you so very much for sharing.
You are really a solid writer. You are tremendous with comedy. And sometimes it is a gifted comic who can have insights to bring us the finest drama or even tragedy, with prose that carries much poetry.