The photographer descendsinto the heart of the rose,where the blossom turns inwardand every petal seems to listen. There is no need for colour now.The bloom speaks in fragrance,in velvet edge, in fragile fold,in the slow opening of its own astonishment. Through the lens he gatherswhat the eye alone cannot hold:the soft architecture of scent,the pulse … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “A Photograph of Scent” – Into The Heart, v.4
Don’t Let Time Roast You (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 2 for Gen X)
When forty winters shall have clocked your face,And carved deep lines into your once-smooth brow,Your youth, all hot and shiny, out of place,Will look like some old-ass thing from way back now. Then beauty, draped in clothes you used to wear,Will ask, “Who the hell are you?” with a sneer,And people will see through the … Continue reading Don’t Let Time Roast You (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 2 for Gen X)
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien
Few works by J.R.R. Tolkien reveal the private tenderness of the author more intimately than Roverandom. Written originally in 1925 as a consolation story for his young son Michael, who had lost a beloved toy dog on a beach holiday, the tale occupies a fascinating place within Tolkien’s literary corpus. Neither as mythically grand as … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien
Revisionist Poetry – “The Inner Bloom” – Into The Heart, v.3
He enters the roseas if entering a dream. Petals open around him,not in colour alone,but in fragrance,in satin weight,in the fine tremor of things unfolding. His camera waits at the centreof this living architecture.What it captures is not merely a flower,but the world inside a flower:dense, breathing,almost too delicate to name. And we, looking through … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “The Inner Bloom” – Into The Heart, v.3
Youth Isn’t Forever: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 2 in the Age of Social Media
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 2 is one of the clearest examples of his early “procreation” sonnets, and it reads like a fierce little argument about time, beauty, and legacy. At its centre is a simple but unsettling claim: physical beauty does not last, and the only real answer to time’s erosion is to pass that beauty forward … Continue reading Youth Isn’t Forever: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 2 in the Age of Social Media
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Mr. Bliss by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mr. Bliss is one of Tolkien’s most revealing small works: an illustrated children’s story written and drawn by the author himself, published only after his death in 1982. Its origin in his own early motoring mishaps gives the book an unusually personal comic charge, as though a private anxiety about modern technology has been transformed … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Mr. Bliss by J.R.R. Tolkien
T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Story of Kullervo is a haunting early experiment in the tragic mode that would later become one of the foundations of his legendarium. Published long after its composition, the tale is less a polished finished work than a window into the furnace of Tolkien’s imagination: a place where Finnish myth, medieval tragedy, and the … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien
“CrownClout: #IdesOfMarch — the story of friends, fame, and a messy follow-through” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Rome is basically a trending feed. Julius Caesar just came back from a huge win — like a world tour flex — and the city is vibing. People chant his name, kids shout, senators split between cheering and side-eyeing. Caesar’s power glow is real; … Continue reading “CrownClout: #IdesOfMarch — the story of friends, fame, and a messy follow-through” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
Revisionist Poetry – “Into The Rose” – Into The Heart, v.2
The photographer leans into the rose,into its folded crimson chamber,a small world of hush and pressurewhere petals loosen like a held breath. No colour needed here.The air is thick with sweetness,the bloom a grammar of scent and texture,soft as a secret at the edge of speech. Lens in hand, he frames the inward curve,the hidden … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “Into The Rose” – Into The Heart, v.2
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien’s Leaf by Niggle is a slender tale with the weight of a meditation. At once allegory, morality tale, and quiet self-portrait, it turns on a deceptively simple premise: an artist named Niggle spends his life labouring over a painting of a tree, beginning with a single leaf and gradually imagining an entire world beyond … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien