Rob Angeli
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sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt
There are tears of things, and mortal objects touch the mind.
-Virgil Aeneid I.462
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Myth of the Archer and the Nightingale
There was once a certain Archer who, rather than bagging his preferred game of venison, captured a small bird in his net, named Philomela [Nightingale], and was going to kill her without a second thought; but the bird had been granted the gift of gab, and thus spoke out:
By Rob Angeli2 years ago in Fiction
Tragic Crown. Top Story - July 2023. Content Warning.
Frankly, I barely remember my own coronation--hardly surprising, given I was only a week old. Born a Queen: seems I was destined for greatness, doesn't it? Well, a week after my birth, my father the King, ill and bedridden, was said to have woefully bemoaned:
By Rob Angeli3 years ago in History
Love Before First Sight
This piece is part pastiche, part translation, and part original composition. It is intended to produce an impression on the English language reader of the beauty of the love poetry of the troubadours. This movement flourished in the south of France, between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, in a language called Old Provençal or Old Occitane. Both poetry and prose will be used to render this.
By Rob Angeli3 years ago in Poets
(Finding the Wings): Painted from Life. Finalist in 2023 Vocal Writing Awards - Romance Fiction. Top Story - June 2023. Content Warning.
DISCLAIMER: Contains violence, minors in compromising situations, some strong language. I have used experiences from my own boyhood to lend realism to the persona of the young hero, Cecco, but most events are drawn from historical fact.
By Rob Angeli3 years ago in Art
