Fragments of a Poem from Book Three

Sedra's favorite poet is Lassinia Heinigen, a Littan woman largely regarded as one of the greatest poets of her time, though considered controversial and somewhat frowned upon by the Scholars and other conservatives. A fragment of her poem, "She Walks Along the Strand," published in the 993 KY chapbook "The Passionate Life," is interspersed in an intimate moment of book 3:

That early evening when we paced the strand

The moon abroad late day, to peep through cloud

Soft-tinted gold by sunset’s soft command

And with my dreams for love and fame endowed …

For you, I let my verses wash away

Or so I told you, to allay your pride

The barren sand no marking did betray

But oh, my love, I’ve always fought the tide…

I love writing fake Victorianesque poetry, especially when it goes in a sex scene.