C Peril : Writing

Nameless

Nameless

A Poem by C Peril


"How fast the night falls", she says, pointing west.As the dying sky moans. The stars, she'll caress.And she takes the happy butterfly, shimmering whi..
Bomb Shelter

Bomb Shelter

A Poem by C Peril


Bomb shelter temperament.Bundling together the sandbags. I'm goingto bunker down. Dig deep in the ground.Get the lantern on.No telegraph lines, cable ..
 FISH!

FISH!

A Poem by C Peril


Spirits dwell in this town of dusk,and a tower looks out to the sea as it rustsShips which swam in oceans deep,lay in the river, falling asleepSo much..
Halfeti Rose

Halfeti Rose

A Poem by C Peril


Pupil rose, blackWhere the Euphrates flowsSwallowed into night's dark ecstasyBy Halfeti, you wait for meHands are buds,blessings, creepingto the silen..
Arpeggio

Arpeggio

A Poem by C Peril


The cigarette droops from the pianist's mouthHe puffs as he plays to block it all outHearing already the hymns in the air,his sacred oath is to re-ass..
Things Wrongly Loved

Things Wrongly Loved

A Poem by C Peril


Piano talk and dimly lit rooms,flowers quietly falling from bloomPhantom rain in frigid cold,the fog approaching the withered, the oldThe saddest soun..
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A Poem by C Peril


You came to the realisation that, over time, you had lost something essential Perhaps the wind had reached within you with cold, skeletal hand, sn..
The Celebrant

The Celebrant

A Story by C Peril


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1930

1930

A Poem by C Peril


Just writing to say that last night, for the first time,you rested your head against my chest.For the first time in a long, long timeeverything was ok..
[untitled]

[untitled]

A Poem by C Peril


The mind a lonely place, much routine, everything orderly, perhaps sterile. And you know where everything is. Too calm. [so] And then you ..

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