Historical Haikus in Cuento Magazine
Cuento Magazine was kind enough to publish a couple of my historical haikus to Twitter.
Tag: Byzantine Empire
“Alexios III (and IV and V) in Hell”
An unpleasant reunion in the afterlife.
A cackling demon prodded Alexios III.
Hellfire licked the soul and soles of the former emperor.
Although only recently deceased, the weary man tired of eternity in just a few seconds.
“Stop these abuses!” Alexios III finally pleaded. “What have I done to receive such vile treatment?”
The demon laughed even wilder after hearing these words.
“Tell me! I beg you! Why do I find myself in this pit of fire?”
The demon twisted a gruesome face into a smile.
“You’d have to ask them!”
A gnarled finger extended toward the chained skeletons of Alexios IV and Alexios V.
“Oh, that Alexios!”
Not quite historically accurate, but the Fourth Crusade was weird.
Relinquish me!” Alexios IV begged.
“Curious Discoveries on Kepler-186f”
Turns out Kepler-186f is very familiar.
The deep space voyage arrived on Kepler-186f to find ruined Byzantine basilicas, shattered mosaics, and a statue of Manuel I.
“New Rome” (unfinished)
An unfinished poem about the legacies of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
“New Rome”
So was said
“New Rome”
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