Poetry Stories
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I. For the Imagination
Written in poetic style, this is a tale of generosity and grace. See our accompanying 5- part mini-series for writers! And learn the back story, in The Golden Dress Was Real.
The Golden Dress: A Fairy Tale
II. For Writers and Poetry Lovers
The Novelist, a book by L.L. Barkat, which combines prose and poetry.
The Novelist: A Novella
Chapter 2. Someoneās Life Should Be at Stake
Chapter 3. Come, Tangle Yourself In Me
Chapter 4. The Mere Thought Made Her Heart Beat Faster
Chapter 5. I Prefer My Little Basho
Chapter 6. For the Universe Knew, It Knew
Chapter 7. You Couldnāt Say No
Chapter 8. As If Testing Their Best Existential Condition
Chapter 9. Did You Know (How Could You?)
Chapter 10. What Made a Story Endure?
Chapter 11: If a Dream was Planted
Chapter 12: The Power of Narration
Chapter 13: Tea at the Scene of an Accident
Chapter 14: The Poem Held Its Share of Courage
Chapter 15: It Was a Fine Line
Chapter 16: A Writer is Always Writing for Someone
Chapter 17: Poets Knew All the Tricks of Animation
Chapter 18: You Are Very Brave
Chapter 19: Such a Dangerous Gamble
Chapter 20: Kind of a Personal Question
Chapter 21: I Dreamed You Were a Poem
Chapter 22: Sometimes You Had to Push Through
Chapter 23: To Make a Story Thrive
Chapter 24: When You Should Walk Away
Chapter 25: A Terrible Powerful Thing
Chapter 26: The Language in Secret
Chapter 27: A Secret Worth Waking For
Chapter 28: Geography that Only Pretended
Chapter 29: Wedding Imperial Tea
Chapter 30: It Was Yours and Yours Alone
The end.
Adjustments
Chapter 2: Everything Had a Back Story
Chapter 3: Youāre Getting Soft My Friend
Chapter 4: He Knew Without Knowing
Chapter 5: Itās Almost Midnight
Chapter 6: A Wishing He Felt in His Chest
Chapter 7: Sounds Like a Poet I Once Read
Chapter 8: A Hidden Inclination Toward Poetry
Chapter 10: It Involves John Keats and Emily Dickinson
Chapter 11: A Space of Life Between
Chapter 12: He Would Drive Right Into It
Chapter 13: Oh Thatās Just Emily
Chapter 14: Poetry Can Be a Peculiar Gateway
Chapter 15: Iāve Lit a Few Fires in My Day
Chapter 16: Touch Has a Memory
Chapter 17: Youāre Kind of Putting Me on the Spot
Chapter 18: A Threat to His Safety
Chapter 20: Maybe I Was Wrong about You
Chapter 21: The Pie Baked by a Beautiful Woman
Chapter 22: She Called You Incorrigible
Chapter 23: I Wonder If Youāre Up to It
Chapter 24: Iāll Never Do It Again
Chapter 25: Winking, Teasing, Inviting
Chapter 26: Now You Are a Psych Expert
Chapter 27: Looks Like I Lost Track of Things
to be continuedā¦