http://slow.writerscafe.org/NusquamEsse The original writings of author Nusquam Esse en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775972450 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Oh sure, in my infinity unhinged mind, I decided to write about poetry using math... And that apparently isn't a genre on here? XD http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2937674/ If words are how we share our thoughts,If words are how we share our feelingsIf a word is shared by manyThen how could this be loneliness?Nothing shared, it festers inwardA sense of selfA sense of lossWithout words http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2937217/ I sink my fingertips withindeep recesses of vellumseeking that semblanceof holding another (you)Tempted by that inkI so lovingly pressedinto those unfinished pages,dogearred and secreted away,Those tender memories I should(I really should)relinquish Yet I have not the heart.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2833096/ I gave my wordYet silence quenched notthis festering ember held near chains of ardorous thoughtsAs Prometheus ever-bound they knaw my singed visceraEach memory an unrequited binding bequest to consuming wingsUnspoken they cannot die yet I gave my every wordTorn asun.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2825999/ Where once a verdant grove murmured, within its shade, the secrets of lifeNow a scattering of stark shadows lie bare, naked before a monochromatic sunXyloclastic limbs clasp unrequited incense offerings of lye, singed sage and wisteria a contorted prayer to indifferent godsAnd s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2825997/ There,In those wisps 'tween Heaven and EarthGrey, ephemeral amorphous strandsUpon the horizon an eddied uplift of clouds transmuting the downpourI saw Your cascade of hair trailing through my thirsty fingersI smelt A mnemonic breath of life echoi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2825948/ Between those stars we shared this vernal knot I clasp withinand the shuttered gazeof umbral horizons... lingersamaranth lips//vestigal breathand a hesitation awashin lilac and wisteria, a scattering hue to adornthis lachrymose diadem with tendernessunspoken http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2786181/ As Night Wears Long...High above the trees the world itself all I have becomeI gazed heavenboundSeeking those skies we once shared To wreath myself in shadowsTo feel the lambent grace your moon-bourne smilesShroud my every thought in flickering stars But.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2781184/ Upon horizons awashmyriad orchid of violetsand violent ochre clashYet in betweenNe'er a shade of green My fatigued gaze falteredLike those crepuscular godsObscured in a penumbralMantle // at the cuspOf ephemeral twilights Shadows guide a pathTranscribe each vestigial step.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2779027/ Through darknesshushed whispers helda hinted sweetness pressedt'ween yielding lips themnemonic tease of honeysucklefingers trailing lithe tendrilsenveloping, obscuringmemories sharedin their neglectof a summer-night'sRemembranceforgottenbut that lingering scentand a vel.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2774211/ A short Spanish poem http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2765665/ And so my worldby nightfall'sargent glowBloomedevermore sensuouslyA prickled biteOf vibrant Pitayaand its lucidDreamtHeartofDragons http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2467918/ Gazing through shadows of hands outstretchedTo a moon unseen through bedtime ceilingsIt's as if, by reaching, touching immutable seasI could for, but a moment, gaze down uponMyself // All the WorldReverse this cast of shadows and forget this mundane existe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2467904/ How wonderousSuch a simple thingGentle blue guidingMy measured penTo a monolithicStructureRising // marchingThe solidarity ofInk maturedFrom chaotic crayonBringing order at lastTo my every wordHow harmoniousSuch a simple thingTo fill the lungsWith intentblooming f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2467548/ Bilingual Senryu http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2466251/ A disquieting shadowI saw you rise twainthe breaking tideand autumn's veilSilhouette endowed with the caressof a sun lain lowa prismatic remembrance of time now spentat the cusp of twilightSmothered by caustic ooze,my gaze broke from your shadowThat shroud burned into my .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2466181/ Another time, another place EntangledAnother you, another me UnraveledAnother breath, another word EffervescedTo but an ethereal RemembranceLike a gossamer shroud a nebulous metaphor or roiled heavensI cannot remember what was parted between.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2466180/ I had a dreama wanderingunscriptedpath brokenneath an expanseof unrealized dreamsTrailing travelingcracks between uspouring everythinginto the voidof lugubrious lipsshrouded ina haunt ofremembrancea driftingdivide to definethese dreamsUntil all I ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2170562/ Entwined within our Penroseof what could have beenTrailing a mere vestige ofEuclidean lumniscate pathsFractured // ConstruedOn unspoken psalmsincomplete odesand the pervasive sorrowOf tonearm fingerslithely probing a melodyBeyond a trawling phonograph memoryOf eyes gazing bey.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2166944/ Diadem of StarsUpon this brow?These are but tears ofstilled beaten heartsFor impermanence claspsas only forgotten vows willpantomimed to listless lipsMy Cocytus, my fallen petalBourne far beyondlethean regrets ofChrysanthemumSunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2150753/ Your Kiss: The velvet tease of Nostalgic honeysuckle Belaying that sweetness To only again press With unspoken regret.Your Kiss: Gone from my breath To mnemonic vellum Like my first writ word That moment I hesitated To love // you.Y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2149284/ I had a dreama chronic corrosion of banded stoneand senescent regretI know not whyanamnestic artifactsof who we aremnemonic monolithsof who we could beedificant echoesof who we wereground distortedwithin that indiscernible firmament of gearsmasticatingthe nebulous f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2133435/ Of demons and seraphs your eyes coyly askedWith cardamom temptation and a fractured moonriseThe answer? Beyond ephemeral horizons and hewn quartz nadir http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2107565/ Idiosyncratic refractions echo this prismatic labyrinthine colonnadeSilhouette//Facade a divergent facsimile myriad's unity, distorted Within clouded cartouche etched tendrils of bileThat cadenced desire to be something, someone, Mo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2107383/ Through asymmetric hallways devoid of your passing breathSorrows' visage lingers In each echoed footstep--an unadorned shroud, sisyphean chrysalis-- mired ever-deep, hauntingThose words of regret I could never find Beyond Silence http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2103784/ As a Page Bereft of Poetry / / Your HairUnable to Lament / / Ink CascadingSilence / / Kabbalistic Adobe VellumAs a Lone Shelf of Cypress / / Your HandHolding only Dust's / / Teasing Out OurNeglect / / Clutched Sideways GlancesAs the City's Lambent Glow / / Your KissLeft but a Me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/2030960/ Has memory betrayed me?Argent herald of passing night,who once dominated my sky,casting Seraphim on every boughyour anointed lips caressed?Was it the amorphous haze of my Vienna,Cold shadows of our apathetic Leningrad?For now, even in the mountains' recess--my pensive isolation--.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1961115/ 500 word Short Story http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1888265/ by moonlight passed http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1828548/ Your fractal gaze transfixed these lambent worlds; each unique expression an unspoken verse of madness, tempting Not the idol of slender-framed roses and their lush lips; but rather, quicksilver--flowing ‘tween outstretched fingersan astral lingering of soil, beyond my .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1749956/ Thousand Word Flash Fiction http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1697484/ Raptured by a wandering moon   through entangled intangible dreamsEbbed under an astral caress    I travel torn, surreal realms Rolling through barrows like an evening mist   waylaid by weary spirits of Bretons long pastTomb or .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1663252/ Sparks of ardor     clang of molten ichorWhispered billows haunt     crackling shadows          of a broken man; alone        Singed hair // dripping sweat  .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1655996/ Do you dream,    my cadenced answer?Of how shared silencewracks a roiled heart,   as stale cinnamon lingers      the solitary cypress,if hearts never echo   their final lament? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1654272/ ChronomancerEach day, just like any othertime, I am a ChronomancerLike Mithrandir, never late,except when I intend toEach time, just like any otherChronomancer, I am my ownDay // ForgerQuenching Sunswith cadenced nightI am,Crepuscularfrom Day to Endzeitincanting boded odeto exorcise Zeitgeist'sCurve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1645599/ of the War-God http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1570960/            The stranger's looking at me, orrather, his eyes seem to drift through where I stand.  They are eyes of cold indifference, the lookof someone who has done his job for so long he doesn’t even remember, doesn’tcare.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1532209/           The slick echoof footsteps: a harbinger of the voice to follow.          “Are you there, Erebus?”          Erebus heldhis breath ne.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1519997/ Uncertain if there will be another http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1499228/ “And if I was to show you magic, star-bound?”whispered on outstretched gaze delving heaven through a kaleidoscope for twotwisting astral uncertainty to cosmic conviction mesmerizing my being as only magic couldtwo souls entwined in fractal momentsof who we cou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1482854/                 “Haveyou steeled yourself for what must be done?”                Theflickering candlelight cast grotesque shad.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1462216/                 Tosome, the forests along the path to Edo were a tranquil verdant display ofthick undergrowth, majestic cypress, and lush moss-covered stones under foot.  But to Mugen, the path was one of a subtl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1455878/ Absurdist surrealism, somewhere between satire and allegory, comedy and horror. Definitely an odd one. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1455875/                 “Youare sick”                Athasheasmiled weakly at the simple words, words she had heard so many times, wor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1455837/ A short story after so long... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1445979/ As we pass the third lunar night... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1430279/ Free-verse poem http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1423234/ Erotic Senryu http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1415469/ Bilingual Senryu http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1413495/ A 900 Word Story http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NusquamEsse/1410394/