http://slow.writerscafe.org/louderback The original writings of author R.R.Louderback en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776017743 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 This is an anecdote, a true one, that happened while I lived in Miami. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/539928/ Done as a writing challenge..."Write a poem based on this picture." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/539925/ In which an obsession is revealed http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/519631/ In response to a facebook post by Greg Harris http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/475374/ Some musings on the consequence of transporters existing. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/472583/ SciFaiku is simply Haiku with any, all, or none of the usual rules with the inclusion of one simple constraint: the topic must be related to science fiction. My efforts will attempt to adhere to the The SciFaiku Manifesto. Spaceflight Long 3-5-3 syllables .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/472580/ More SciFaiku http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/472570/ An experiment that I haven't followed up on. I wish I had done more of this. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/472565/ The "Chaise de coma" is a great chair-and-a-half with an affixed foot-rest so named because I have yet to meet someone who can lie in it without falling asleep. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/472068/ In Yanis Coffee Zone the day before Halloween 2009 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/471549/ For Marsha on the occasion of her wearing a Victorian hat with billowing tulle http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/471543/ A limerick for a Halloween smile http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/471539/ Just a little limerick for Halloween http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/471534/ A tiny scare for Halloween http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/471496/  As I was walking up the stairI met a man who wasn't there.He wasn't there again today.I wish, I wish he'd stay away."- Hughes Mearns  Stairs One night as I climbed up the stair,I met a man who wasn't there.He wasn't there again todayI think he's from the CIA.&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/471195/ Sad to say this is not really original. I heard something like this years ago and have re-created it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/470832/ I climb, unlighted, through the dark secure. I know above what I will find. Ascending softly, borne by hope, my heart a-thump and scarcely in my chest confined.  The doorknob turns and I softly step to bedside, touch your tousled hair and sigh, so foolishly relieved to jus.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/470661/ I know the eyeless ever-clawing scream Dragged out from in the heart of my own mind That fills the haunting starless nights of dream. The blankness filled with every futile scheme Informs my soul and desperation blind. I know the eyeless ever-clawing scream Behind me in a rolling, crush.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/470655/ The goddess-w***e whose flying, flaming hair impales my heart with every strand yields and in surrender vanquishes me. Green eyes, the drowning-pool of my soul, flash at me as, impaled upon my sword, she dies not nor yields to me any victory but steals from me my strength and crushes me with callous.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/470649/ In the dark and in the cold,my spirit goes where the monsters go. Through the cracks in the wall,between the boards in the floor,even through gaps in the closet door,I steal away 'til the break of dayand go to the place where the monsters play. My soul is old and weathered dark.I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/470154/ Just fooling around with this one...it turned out better than I thought it would. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/470094/ This is really just a snipped of a longer work I intended. It has languished for a couple of years. I may never extend it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/470090/ This was inspired by nostalgia for my twenty years in Florida. Even in the Midwest I find myself within sight and sound of the river. I really *am* a shore dweller. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/469254/ This was an experiment to try writing in a style compatible with a 'potboiler' mystery novel, one of those pieces of detective fiction that have such a distinctive style. I don't think this experiment answered the question for me. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/469251/ This is a brief vignette intended to induce nostalgia. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/469249/ This is almost a poem, in fact I have tried to write it as a poem more than once. It is complete, but not finished. I'll probably never finish it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/467829/ A fantasy piece. I was thinking of Robert E. Howard and the Bran Mak Morn stories while writing this. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/467826/ More of a tone piece than serious verse. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/467825/ Blank verse, meter without rhyme. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/465662/ Done by request. This is a vers libre or free verse poem. I dislike this form, this topic, and the process of writing it. I think, however, it evokes precisely the feelings I sought... sadness, confusion, tenderness, and fear all in a short space. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/465660/ A rhyming effort without a specific or classic form. Intended to be thoughtful and to inspire a touches of anger and remorse http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/465659/ A limerick just for fun. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/464565/ Four very short prose poems on various topics http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/464335/ Hawk, the hunter for the village disappears for days. His friend the wizard's apprentice Arlo must leave his element and take to the woods to rescue Hawk. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/464057/ A fantasy short story of about 1000 words telling of the ending and renewal of a faithful servant of "The Bone Giants". http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/louderback/463279/