This section will serve as my writing portfolio. Here is a brief description of my work:
I have written two books, Mirrors of Darkness and Light (2006), and Mirrors of Madness and Sight (2008). In 2007, I won the University of Arkansas' James T. Whitehead Sonnet or Sestina Prize. I've written a variety of poetry and short stories in the gothic and dark fantasy genres, including "Kiss Me in the Shadows," (13th place winner in a PoetrySoup international poetry competition), "Trust" and "Regret," (both published in the July 2007 edition of Poesia, and "Dark Wanderer" (published in both the print and online versions of Aoife's Kiss. My work has also appeared in The Odd Mind, and some poems will soon be included in a dark anthology. Updates to come!
Kiss Me in the Shadows
Keep well away from dark, forbidding dreams --
Instead, stay near the hearth and play your lyre;
Sleep even so will wait on wooden beams,
Seducing you beside your cozy fire.
Meticulous and careful you may be,
Evicting darting shadows with the blaze --
Inside your quiet cottage, patiently,
Night's emissary holds you in her gaze.
The cuckoo calls as midnight church-bells chime;
His warning message echoes from the walls --
Enchanted ears have lost all track of time,
So far from whispered fears as silence falls.
Her chilling hands then rip away your voice,
And images assail your inner eyes --
Denying you the act of conscious choice,
On captive lips she mixes truth and lies.
When sunlight climbs the sky and breaks her spell,
She blows a darkened kiss, and bids farewell.
~~ Copyright "Meridiana"
To read more of my work and get updates on future projects, you can visit my official website here:
Author M. Teresa Blaylock
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