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. Someone’s 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 Couldn’t 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: You’re Getting Soft My Friend
Chapter 4: He Knew Without Knowing
Chapter 5: It’s 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 That’s Just Emily
Chapter 14: Poetry Can Be a Peculiar Gateway
Chapter 15: I’ve Lit a Few Fires in My Day
Chapter 16: Touch Has a Memory
Chapter 17: You’re 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 You’re Up to It
Chapter 24: I’ll 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
Chapter 28: I Didn’t Invite Myself onto Your Roof
Chapter 29: Curiosity Got to Me
Chapter 30: He’s Full of Secrets
Chapter 32: What’s the Hurdle?
Chapter 34: Take on this Challenge
Chapter 35: The Room Was Exquisite
Chapter 36: Take a Drive with Me?
Chapter 38: That Shouldn’t Have Worked
Chapter 41: You Do It to Yourself
Chapter 42: So Prove I’m Wrong
Chapter 43: He Would Decide for Himself
Chapter 44: Just—Watch Yourself
Chapter 45: Resisting the Urge to Answer
Chapter 46: Does He Date People Now?
Chapter 47: It Is Not Impossible
Chapter 48: Why Should He Have to Change?
Chapter 49: He Decided to Wait
Chapter 50: Did We Just Have a Fight?
Chapter 51: Not Even Told Slant
Chapter 52: All Our Deep Dark Secrets
The End