A Winter Night by Sara Teasdale
My window-pane is starred with frost,
The world is bitter cold to-night,
The moon is cruel, and the wind
Is like a two-edged sword to smite.
God pity all the homeless ones,
The beggars pacing to and fro.
God pity all the poor to-night
Who walk the lamp-lit streets of snow.
My room is like a bit of June,
Warm and close-curtained fold on fold,
But somewhere, like a homeless child,
My heart is crying in the cold.
Art by Frances Ridley Havergal, 1885.
Since its inception in 2016, The Sudden Denouement Literary Collective has had the privilege of featuring some of today’s most fearless writers. With members that span the globe and editors who share a passion for pushing boundaries, we as a collective have enjoyed reading, promoting, and watching the success of each individual artist as they have grown in their craft and left their mark upon the literary world.
Now, as writers and readers, editors and fans, we at Sudden Denouement Literary Collective are ecstatic to open up the doors to our outstanding, award winning collective, and invite you all in to pull up a chair and tell us your stories.
The Sudden Denouement Literary Collective, and Sudden Denouement Publishing, are pleased to dip our toes into the waters of great literary contests and announce our first ever short story literary prize with a call for submissions from all of you…
https://suddendenouement.com/2018/10/28/sudden-denouements-first-short-story-literary-prize-open-for-submissions-nov-1-2018/
Melt – Written for the Anthology Volume I: Writings from the Sudden Denouement Literary Collective
I have shared
land and sky
with you.
I have tasted
blood and honey.
My witch-oil turned
to dragon-fire
at your touch…
Soft fingers laid asleep
until your turmoil
woke them
for so long….
It feels like getting drunk
on old reddish wine
long softened
during times of
War
Equanimity
and
Comets.
What shall I pour in your glass?
Molten flowers
Golden ink
Lucid light
Unicorn mirth…
I dig your veins
for gold.
I find pure
bitter-sweet
amber nuggets.
I fear any story
whose ink
my words
can’t drink…
Yet I drip in yours
ever since.
When your arms call
and your lips
read all my feral kisses
How can there be no heaven?
© Iulia Halatz
I am delighted that this poem was included in the Sudden Denouement Anthology Volume I. The anthology is now available on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Minimalism is something that builds on simplicity and honesty. In the right places.
It is a style of art, music, etc. that uses very simple ideas or a very small number of simple elements. And why not, it is a style in business.
Minimalism in business is simplifying your story. Your product. Your ingredients…Minimalism in business is to debunk the myth of a manifold product.
Always imagine that your product is like pizza. Consequently, the story of pizza is the story of your product. With the use of scarce resources, you create a piece of magic that solves problems, alleviates pain, increases pleasure, creates a better life, puts a smile on your face.
Everybody likes pizza. It is tasty and delightful and we all have a secret hankering for being delighted. No matter what you sell, your customers ache for new experiences, new things, new stories.
Not everybody likes pepperoni pizza. Don’t forget to personalize! Your product is (still) pizza, nevertheless build on it. Invent new flavours, create cutting-edge toppings and serve everything with a twist of originality and adventure.
The lesson learned: simplicity and personalization are the Holy Grails of modern business. Simplifying my products and tailoring my words have created shortcuts and countless smiles.
Art – Simplicity and delight by Fukutaro Terauchi.
