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October 3, 2019
Maybe the Afterlife Is Our Real Life
Maybe the Afterlife Is Our Real Life
By Israfel Sivad
They hadn’t seen one another in a while. It was through no fault of their own. Too much had been going on. Stuart and his wife, Alison, were in their car on the way over to visit Gabe and Erin who lived in Southeast DC with their newborn baby girl, Shay. Stuart and Alison hadn’t met Shay yet. She was already three months old. The two couples were close. Stuart and Gabe had been friends for a few years, but the two couples hadn’t had a chan...
September 19, 2019
The Flame of Desire
The Flame of Desire
By Israfel Sivad
Desire is a never-ending flame,
burning as a torrent within our souls.
Its fire engulfs us all eternally.
Its divine creativity births worlds.
Living within these flames of desire,
we never completely control ourselves.
We’re mere subjects to the vicissitudes
of the devouring fires of emptiness.
We’re mere objects to be disposed of by
drives that we’ll never consciously perceive.
Our minds are nothing in the wake of
desire, still burning, forever consumin...
September 14, 2019
Review – We Are The Underground: Poems by Israfel Sivad
A lovely short review of my newest collection of poetry, We Are the Underground, from Examining the Odd.
I would love to meet Israfel Sivad one day, although he lives in America, I’m in the UK… I think we’d have a lot of things to chat about over a glass of something. I find that a lot of poetry doesn’t speak to me because it’s too emotional. This book, We Are The Underground, is a rare find where the poetry can be enjoyed as art, not just feelings put in to words. Each pie...
September 5, 2019
A Silence Exists
A Silence Exists
A silence exists
behind the world
to be broken by
crashes I never
experienced before.
The silent sounds fade
away from me now,
replaced by a hum,
an electric note
burning beneath my brain.
Thoughts encounter you
here. They unveil
a buzzing voice deep
underneath the tones
I expect to receive.
Music thumps through my
mind, remolds my skull
around the shape of noise
still unexperience...
March 18, 2019
One & the Many – Forms
Israfel Sivad’s newest collaboration.
Based in Washington, DC, One & the Many began as an artistic collaboration between two friends, musician Frank Stewart and poet Israfel Sivad. With Stewart writing music and Sivad providing lyrics for Stewart to sing, the duo enlisted the skills of fellow musicians Dempsey Hamilton on drums and Bill Freeman on bass. Stewart played the remaining instruments to complete One & the Many’s debut album, Forms. Produced by Stewart and mastered by Anthony Lourde...
January 29, 2019
Interview with Author Israfel Sivad (December 2018)
1)For any newcomers to my blog, tell us a little bit about yourself. How did you get into writing?Check out my newest interview with Author Anthony Avina:
Well, the truth is I’ve pretty much always written. After my parents split up when I was in fifth grade, I started writing myself to sleep at night. I did that all through middle school. I wrote lyrics based on all the song structures in the liner notes to the heavy metal tapes I owned. In high school, I turn...
December 14, 2018
We Are the Underground by Israfel Sivad Review
Check out Author Anthony Avina’s review of my newest collection of poetry, “We Are the Underground.” He calls it “a truly moving work of art to partake in.” I’m thrilled!
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.
I am happy to share that I have reunited with author Israfel Sivad to bring you an in-depth look into the passionate, creative and unique book of poetry the author has collected. Titled “We Ar...
November 30, 2018
Of Dragons and Unicorns
Of Dragons and Unicorns
By Israfel Sivad
I imagine we knew one another
in a life long passed, a dream I shared
once upon a time with only myself.
Though, now, you’ve shared it with me…
As I sat alone in that diner
all those many years ago
mourning everything I believed
I’d lost, I never imagined you
were real in time, in space. But
now, you’re here. In love
with me who has become one with you.
For, you were there that day in spirit.
Though, I never could have known
at the time. Every poem I...
June 13, 2018
From Welsh to Gaiman: Great Reads of 2018 (so far…)
Thank you so much to Examining the Odd for including my poetry in this list of their great reads for 2018… So proud to be here with such illustrious company!
This is my first year of being self-employed, being my own boss, and it’s resulted in more reading time! Here are my favourite reads of 2018 so far…
Skagboys
by Irvine Welsh
I read a few Irvine Welsh books years ago and loved them all. In December, I finally got round to watching Trainspotting 2, having been putting it...
May 17, 2018
I Was Wondering…
I Was Wondering… by Ursprung Collective
Poem written and spoken by Israfel Sivad from his collection The Tree Outside My Window.
Music composed, performed and produced by gn0m0n
Thumbnail: “Christ’s Crucifixion” by Rogelio Ronco
