The Proof is in! Some minor formatting errors were found 17 June 2015 that require changes. I will have the new PDF by 20 June and then I can reorder the Proof for a second review. Alas, shipping could take up to ten business days (30 June). Once it is received, I have to re-review […]
Glossary
For your guidance, I have included a glossary and pronunciation guide to assist with some basic words found in The Seidr Cycle. The audio track appears BELOW the word I am pronouncing. “SEE SPOILER” appears next to some of the words provided, while others have no description at all. A description of these words contain […]
Living in November Rain
“I wish I could understand the words,” I thought, driving down the highway this afternoon. I gazed at the radio. “Guns ‘N Roses not Bon Jovi,” I said. I was still learning the music of that era and always confused the two bands. The rains were coming, but I couldn’t see the black clouds rolling […]
Annabel Lee By Edgar Allan Poe
Poe wrapped these words around my heart. He drew me close to him. And through these words for him, I fell. He’ll never let me go. Annabel Lee By Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know […]
The Tyger By William Blake
The Tyger By William Blake Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies. Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, & what […]
The Little Black Boy By William Blake
I first heard this piece in the musical “Phantom” by Maury Yeston and Author Kopit. The song is “My Mother Bore Me” and the lyrics are this poem. The Little Black Boy By William Blake My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as […]
Gunga Din By Rudyard Kipling
I first heard an excerpt of this from M*A*S*H when Pierce quoted this in the OR. Gunga Din By Rudyard Kipling You may talk o’ gin and beer When you’re quartered safe out ’ere, An’ you’re sent to penny-fights an’ Aldershot it; But when it comes to slaughter You will do your work on water, […]
The Charge of the Light Brigade By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
One of the most beautiful poems ever written. It was from Star Trek DS9 that I first heard these words. “How did that poem end?” “You don’t want to know.” The Charge of the Light Brigade By Alfred, Lord Tennyson I Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the […]
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
I can not begin to tell you how much I love this poem. I read it often. I adore it. And decided I would “collect” these little snippets of prose I love so much. It is only fitting that this be my first. I present to you, Edgar Allan Poe’s the Raven. The Raven By […]
The Phantom of the Opera
After an hour’s worth of research, I found what I was looking for. The Phantom of the Opera has an expired copyright. What does this mean? It means I am legally free to read The Phantom of the Opera online to you. I’m doing it! A special edition of Story Time begins July 2016. The […]