Month: October 2015

Changing Direction: Guest Post by Sue Vincent!!

Originally posted on The Linden Chronicles:
It is easy to get caught in a web of frustration and despair when life seems to wander off at a tangent and do its own thing without bothering to consult you. It isn’t always easy to see the positive side of change, not when you are stuck in the middle of it and trying to juggle the…

You asked for it…

Circle Poem

Originally posted on The Sound of What Happens:
Change moves silently through this place Embrace it if you dare Where is the future you wish to shape Escape the illusion of control Whole worlds could go by without you knowing Glowing with mysteries all their own Wind-blown, and shimmering in the soft-spun light Delighting in possibility, no fear Here where moments are born Torn…

Seldom Seen

Seldom seen I am The edge of action ——- Seldom seen I am The liquid in which light flows ——- Seldom seen I am The Spirit that animates all ——- Seldom seen I am What you think you are not — ©Copyright words and image, Stephen Tanham 2015

Rooted in the land – Off piste

We climbed yet further …

Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 32 – New Grains for Old

Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 32 – New Grains for Old .Alexandra. “They have a new menu,” he said casually. I felt myself tense; then got hold of it, recognising the reaction and how it had absorbed me into the moment in a bad way: making me identify with the building anger, rather than watching it unfold as a thing in its own right … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 32 – New Grains for Old

Dear Wen XLIX

A Landscape of Images II

The Silent Eye A picture falls from between the leaves of the book. She looks at the photograph and smiles involuntarily, taken, just for a moment, back to that day. They look so happy. That necklace… the colour of her eyes, he’d said when he gave it to her… It had been a beautiful morning, mild for the time of year but with enough … Read More A Landscape of Images II

Dear Don XLIX

Sue and Stuart’s plans for their new adventures take shape …

The Last Day of Summer

Rooted in the Land: Walking with ghosts

Mystery of missing mystic resolved …

The Lighted Life

The Lighted Life ——- Gawain awakes beneath the tree That senses show has changed A star of dawn climbs bark and leaf And hovers in the cold, clean air Announcing greater changes lie beneath ——- A keening on the knowing breeze A darker taste upon the wind A fall of wispy, softer skies As kind October’s shorter days Play midwife games with knowing eyes … Read More The Lighted Life