Robert J. Tiess, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org Literary Arts Journal Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:37:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/hyacinthreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Hyacinth-H-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Robert J. Tiess, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org 32 32 199531397 All Hands On Deck https://hyacinthreview.org/robert-j-tiess-all-hands-on-deck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robert-j-tiess-all-hands-on-deck Fri, 22 Mar 2024 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=5444 Tumultuous, the ocean throws a listing ship from wave to stew where darkness swells and panic grows. Then thunder stuns the shrunken crew. They clutch at ropes or hopes and swear, “The captain, he must get us there!” —that island where they would retire and share their tales beside the fire, recounting swords that slashed…

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]]> 5444 Oceans Of Romance https://hyacinthreview.org/robert-j-tiess-oceans-of-romance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robert-j-tiess-oceans-of-romance Mon, 25 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=5280 These seas teem with mythologies, sunk legends, terrors, whales of tales: Poseidon in his chariot, mermaids, serpents, siren song, Atlantis hidden in the deep, the Hydra and its many heads, Leviathan, the water sprites, wide Oceanus round the world, or Proteus shapeshifting there past Flying Dutchman’s phantom sails, the Kraken rising, fabled fiends enfolded in…

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