Tell a Friend

Complete the form below to email friends about "An Oracle Concerning the Melancholic Concubine." The email will automatically include the excerpt shown here in addition to a link to the full version on 42opus.com.

An Oracle Concerning the Melancholic Concubine by JILL ALEXANDER ESSBAUM

Sometimes you feel you've a touch of the broken heart,
when the orchid of evening wilts into nighttime,
when the darkness is not yet deep.

When you are tipsy with the grief of his leaving…


Separate multiple email addresses with commas.


Messages longer than 1500 characters will be truncated.


The email addresses you provide on this form will only be used this once to this complete service. They will not be stored.


42opus is an online magazine of the literary arts.

copyright © 2001-2008
XHTML // CSS // 508