Paris Hlad : Writing

Where Beauty Is Enshrined

Where Beauty Is Enshrined

A Poem by Paris Hlad


eWhere Beauty Is Enshrinedf (Or The Masterpiece That Is My Mother’s Face) If I shall never see again sweet love upon your face, ..
Song of Yaldabaoth

Song of Yaldabaoth

A Poem by Paris Hlad


e Song of Yaldabaothf[1] I am the fetor of the flesh, Though I am other things That violate The lap of grace Or curse a chri..
Slanders of Eternity*

Slanders of Eternity*

A Poem by Paris Hlad


Slanders of EternityDreams are malicious accusationsMade before us and echoing after us -Whispers that mock our brevityWith slanders of Eternity.
The Bones Beneath the Stone*

The Bones Beneath the Stone*

A Poem by Paris Hlad


The Bones Beneath the Stone(The Ballad of Baptiste De Guerre)In life, I keptA lonely keepInside a citadelAnd in it hidA darkling scrollThat of our sor..
The Bones Beneath the Stone

The Bones Beneath the Stone

A Poem by Paris Hlad


The Bones Beneath the Stone (The Ballad of Baptiste De Guerre) In life, I kept A lonely keep Inside a citadel And in it ..
Slanders of Eternity

Slanders of Eternity

A Poem by Paris Hlad


Slanders of Eternity Dreams are malicious accusations Made before us and echoing after us - Whispers that mock our brevity With ..
A Procession of Colorful Turtles (Part Four of Four)*

A Procession of Colorful Turtles (Part Four of Fou..

A Story by Paris Hlad


I too believe that Paris’s reading about the nastiness of yester-year supplied an impetus for the expression of an emotionally complicated dream..
A Procession of Colorful Turtles (Part Three of Four)*

A Procession of Colorful Turtles (Part Three of Fo..

A Story by Paris Hlad


Who Dreamed the Dream?That said, there are some details about this dream that I failed to mention - Not because they are unimportant to the story, but..
A Procession of Colorful Turtles (Part Two of Four)*

A Procession of Colorful Turtles (Part Two of Four..

A Story by Paris Hlad


A Procession of Colorful TurtlesOr a Dream Belonging to ParisAnd Possibly Many OthersJean and Jean-Paul were fishing for crocodiles on the banks of a ..
A Procession of Colorful Turtles (Part One of Four)*

A Procession of Colorful Turtles (Part One of Four..

A Story by Paris Hlad


The Sin of Seeing(The Seventh Decoration)-U-The Best to Bloom[1]My lady wasthe first to bloom, the last to pass away;She lingered in a time of love an..