Monday, August 13, 2012

Mosaic Stain synopsis


Raven investigates an emergency preparedness public safety "campus shooting" drill that went awry and left two people wounded; Spencer Morris and Brinkley Ryan. With the public closely watching for the outcome of the investigation, and it touching closer to home than Raven would like as an investigator she interviews the witnesses and Admissions department. She finds secrets, intrigue, betrayal, and the struggles for political power lie at the end of the trail of blood at the end of the investigation  

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Twilight's crown



Luthlorien’s sacred ground
Trees’ twilight crowned  
Estel and Even star betroth
Hope clothed
The sword sheathed
Tolkien spoken:
“….A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be the blade that was Broken,
The crownless again shall be King.”[i]
Eldar and mortal wedding
After darkness vanquished
Love that cherished
Beyond the breaking
A winter dusting
Amidst the twilight’s crown
A shadow fades.
Photo by Julie Herrick




[i] The Hobbit, Bilbo’s poem about Aragorn, JRR Tolkien

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

"Island of Misfit"


Blinded eyes dismiss
Cruelty’s words sting; ugly, homely, misfit
Society’s outcast languishes to be redeemed
The scarlet letter screams
That shatters never land’s dreams
“What is REAL?” [1]
Graffiti ridden Steele
Surrounds in the shadows
Bullets pierce, needles shake
Despair cries with each wake
The untouchables break
On the fringes
Hope inches
 Where words lynch 
Jesus calls
To love the least of these
By Shannon McKemie 08-01-2012



[1] From Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams; a conversation between Rabbit and the Skin Horse