New Publications: 'Cakes from the Garden' and 'The Name That Flies across The Earth'

 

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I have a new publication out today at the Glengarry Artists' Collective! These are two flash fictions or prose poems.

• 'Cakes from the Garden'
• 'The Name That Flies across The Earth'

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'Cakes from the Garden,' refers to the language which existed before the Tower of Babel. I originally submitted it to the Cesar Egido international literary competition, which accepts submissions in several languages. In searching for common words across these languages, I was struck that they had a common root language. In 'Cakes,' I described how most of the words of Eden mystically evolved after the Tower of Babel into recipes and foods which we universally recognize. These foods have become part of celebrations we make everywhere, no matter what our culture.

There is talk of a pre-Babel language in the lore of Queen Elizabeth I's court. John Dee called the language spoken in Eden the Angelical or Enochian language. Its alphabet now features prominently in occult circles. But I hadn't made that connection when I wrote the poem.

'Cakes' was previously published by Cyberwit.net at the Taj Mahal Review. Many thanks to Karunesh Kumar Agarwal for that publication.

The sister poem is, 'The Name That Flies across The Earth,' and reflects on the world into which babies were born in the year 2024. And in that poem, yes, 'Dead Set' refers to the famous Grateful Dead poster which adorned my undergraduate wall at Queen's University.

  Thank you to CAGAC for the publication.