Deep is his innermost thought, deep as a midsummer wood, not cool in the shade, not hot, covered with a blue-green hood, undisturbed by bird twaddling and insects that buzz and bite; the shade is but soft swaddling to soothe the waning daylight.
Repose is not oft chosen, but comes like the eventide, soaked with shadows—it flows in to lull the bustle inside: the chipmunks and the songbirds, the bees all abuzz, a breeze whispering some headstrong words with the speech of leaf-tongued trees.
Becalmed be the petty leaves erstwhile aflutter with talk, asleep be the worm that reaves within root and stem and stalk; begone, that foul white-rot ring, begone, those fecund wasp’s galls, begone, the ant’s acid sting, begone, the termite queen’s thralls.
His thought is a wood bestilled, shaded by its own enclave of thoughtless oak, the air filled with the silence of the grave; it is a glade domed in shade against a life’s needless noise, a refuge dome wherein fade echoes and suchlike envoys.
Stephen Marshall. Writer, illustrator, layabout. Find him on Amazon, maybe. He has paperback and kindle books listed there. He seems to have a knack for the Romance genre, much to his chagrin. Having pursued Children's literature he is particularly proud of his Children's novel series "Lost And Found", which begins with "Chloe Among The Clover", continues recently with "Stormy Within The Strawberry Patch" and may, in some future potentiality, culminate with "Candice Through The Picket Fence". These are novels for children (including his insistent nephew), but they are also written for adults who are children at heart. His short story collection, "The Eldritch Diaries", centers primarily upon Cosmic Horror and Body Horror, combining Lovecraft's mythos with the motifs of Sigmund Freud. His largest poetry collection, "Broken Crown Kings", contains over two hundred poems and two short novellas concerning the fleeting nature of the world and Man's place within it. Recently he has published a smaller book of poetry concerning Kentucky, Moonshine, and Ghosts called "Moonshine And Spirit Chasers". A much larger collection, entitled '"Nevermore" 99 Rhymes For $0.99' is also available. For those seeking supernatural and folklore, his collection "Weeping Cherry" is available also. The copy in print features original watercolor illustrations.
https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Marshall/e/B07536QKD9?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_fkmrnull_1&qid=1554215427&sr=8-1-fkmrnull
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