Category Archives: Literature and Writing

Short stories, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, poems by Julie Deshtor and others

The fear had pecked a hole inside…

Posted on October 20, 2015 by

The fear had pecked a hole inside With its long pointed beak. My fists went limp – I couldn’t fight. My mouth wouldn’t speak. ‎ I saw a threat beneath each tree, Behind each closed door. I chained my will … Continue reading →

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Lot’s Wife

Posted on June 13, 2015 by

I have been turned into a pillar of salt. The sky is coming down. It’s raining ambers. All around Are falling shards of our shattered world. Our city, our city burns. Our palisades succumb to hungry fires. Bodies light up … Continue reading →

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Tree

Posted on February 26, 2015 by

My leaves are green, although my trunk has splintered, And my old bark is blackened and decayed. I live alone, surrounded by buildings. I just stand here in the wind, and sway. The sky is not as blue as I … Continue reading →

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Shark Attack

Posted on February 26, 2015 by

If you are into swimming, you should know That a great white attacked a man offshore. He dove in from his boat, and to his horror There was a great white waiting down below. ‎ But our diver did not … Continue reading →

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Letters to Phoenix – the Kindle edition – is out!

Posted on November 20, 2014 by

Letters to Phoenix – the Kindle edition – is out, as per requested by some of you.

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Letters to Phoenix

Posted on November 2, 2014 by

My new book “Letters to Phoenix” is out and available for purchase! Two troubled teens.  A first love.  A forced separation, as he is placed into a therapeutic boarding school, and she is left to wait.  Years pass.  People come … Continue reading →

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Mountain Echo

Posted on June 20, 2013 by

“The Execution of the Mountain Echo,” Vladimir Vysotsky: translation by Julie Deshtor: Upon mountain slopes, which the daredevils consider their Mecca, their Mecca, Where winds blow wild and jagged peaks puncture the sky, puncture the sky, There once had resided … Continue reading →

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