Month: April 2016

Thought without words

The Silent Eye “Love you!” says my granddaughter, wearing a huge grin and blowing soggy kisses She still can’t pronounce the words quite right, nor does she really know what they mean. She only knows they always bring smiles when she says them. She has learned them from the big people who feed, cuddle and play. The ones with whom she is safe and … Read More Thought without words

An old haunt

The Privilege of Solitude

The ‘Heart Unafraid’

The Weary Ones

Originally posted on The Sound of What Happens:
We Trudge treacherous trails Rough mountains and the thorny plains of tomorrow We listen as landscapes keep up their crying Memorizing wounds and their places Hot sun rises, leaving burned faces Here, human hatred, there is no shade We taste the tears of the left behind Wander the day, sharp with remembering Never stop building The…

River of the Sun, chapter 18 – Rider on the Dawn

  River of the Sun, chapter 18 – Rider on the Dawn The marshlands by the great river gave way to the firmer, broken rock of the valley’s floor as the mule track climbed towards the far hills. The many trails fanned away on either side, as the possible destinations thinned to a single, rocky path. The great white horse did not slow in its … Read More River of the Sun, chapter 18 – Rider on the Dawn

Flash: meeting the criteria…

More Stuart inspiration… Clearly written after a second or third breakfast… The Silent Eye “Right, if we start from Midwinter…” “You’re going to have to rename all the months.” “…Not necessarily.” “Why not?” “We want to get beyond names.” “Beyond names?” “Before the months were named there was a metaphor of the year.” “And the metaphor of the year was what precisely?” “The metaphor … Read More Flash: meeting the criteria…

How to be alone … for lonely is a freedom

Originally posted on Jamie Dedes' THE POET BY DAY Webzine:
HOW TO BE ALONE by Tanya Davis, poet, songwriter and singer. Her style is primarily spoken word set to music. She performed in this video, which was directed by Andrea Dorfman.  Andrea did the animation. She is a screenwriter as well as a director. The film was shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As of this writing,…