Category: Flash Poem

“Soulbound Symphony: Excerpts from the Bohemian Chronicles.” Stories, Poems, and Confessions of Alexander Bacchus

Jul 9, 2023

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Nicholas Andriani

in Confession, creativewriting, fairytale, fiction, flash fiction, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, folklore, folkloresque, folklorist, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, memoir, Poem, poet, Poetry, romance, romani, Shakespeare, Story time, storytelling, stream-of-consciousness, the writers life, writing

Step into a bohemian monastery in Romania, where destiny led me to uncover the Bacchus Collection—a treasury of poems, essays, and diary entries that immortalize the love of Alexander Bacchus and Shea. Join me as their translator, as we traverse the realms of love, artistry, and the timeless connection between these enigmatic souls. #TranslatorTales #TimelessRomance…
Flash Poem to Self: “Be confident, not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar:” On Writing, Cultivation, and Balancing Art/Mind.

Mar 6, 2023

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Nicholas Andriani

in Art, Author, Authors, Blogging, Culture, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, In Another Country: Novel, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, networking, nonfiction, novels, Poem, poet, Poetry, publishing, Review, rough draft, spiritual, spontaneous combustion, success, The Outsider, the writers life, writing

I will be confident — not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar. I will be, act, speak with intention. I will be finished, will shop my novel.
Ostara is Icumen In: A Poem

Feb 27, 2023

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Nicholas Andriani

in Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, Poem, poet, Poetry, poetry lessons, writing

Summer is a wild time of endless gaiety; A lazy, balmy, mild time; of human laxity. Of days with cares abandoned beside a socky shore, And breeze-swept, heathered stretches of Scotland’s ageless moor.
Poet Alexander Bacchus on Morocco, Marrakech, Accepting Ones Faults, and Living Intentionally

Feb 16, 2023

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Nicholas Andriani

in creativewriting, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, Morocco, Poem, poet, Poetry, poetry lessons, the writers life, travel writing

I first met Alex doing research on a local variation of Darija. (Moroccan Arabic). We both managed to find ourselves in Fez, that day, sitting across from one another and, the moment I saw this cat I realized I found my foil, my nemesis. A sheep in Wolof’s clothing, so to speak, for this cat…
Poem: Rambling Without Destination, or Paradise Lost (Patron Content)

Feb 17, 2022

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Nicholas Andriani

in Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, patreon, Poem, poet, Poetry

I bit into an anchovy. Brine dissolved across my tongue. Salt and sea marrying into the myriad effervescence of it all. The wine settling deep within my belly, then rising, awakening the uninhibited within. I raised my head back and sucked at the sharp edged mother of pearl
Invocation (Poem): Will you embark upon our honeyed rendezvous?

Dec 4, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

in Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, Poem, poet, Poetry

Will you embark upon our honeyed rendezvous? Will you drink this strange brew? Inhale the perfumery of day glow grain? Heed the invitation East?