Blizzard outside, blizzard in my mind, confusion, images without, anxiety within. Is this isolation, distancing, onset of old age... or just lack of inspiration, a fall in productivity? Bear market Pandemonium Stolen words So many questions... Image source: DAIN: Romania Beautonica (In Sepia Tone), 2018
Geometries
Fume #writephoto
Thursday photo prompt "This fell not far from us," she said in a trembling voice. Her companion replied, not just to reassure her, "That's true, but now we know where it came from!" And so it is with most human actions, there is always a return, sometimes with even more fume...
Hidden
The little daemons I used to see, at the crossroads, or standing high up on roofs, pretending to be busy, have gone. Or, perhaps, I have stopped noticing them, or they have stopped inviting me to see them. What does it mean? Is it because the city is now used to me, no longer … Continue reading Hidden
Afar #writephoto
Thursday photo prompt "Thus, what you are saying is that for years the government has had this beautiful valley reserved to store nuclear stuff?" "Well, first of all, none of this is to reach the media, do you understand? This is highly sensitive material, and everything would be denied anyway..." "Okay, but you said … Continue reading Afar #writephoto
Being there, or here? #fivewords
Weekly Writing Prompt #177 leaf, home, alter, light, front There, she knew well, it was her home, her friends, where she'd met him. Here, was another leaf, both of them now almost past the light, an alter-life she did not understand, even feared a little, however familiar she was with the language, the everyday words. … Continue reading Being there, or here? #fivewords
Pillars #writephoto
Pillars Voices resonate here, voices from the present, but also voices from the past, maybe from a long gone past. Those who erected these pillars knew how to build, to last. Their footsteps, perhaps even the sound of their tools, chiselling the stone, can still be heard. A little further, the sun shines in … Continue reading Pillars #writephoto
Away from this stage… #fivewords
Weekly Writing Prompt #153 Away from this stage, is another test - another round, where force plays no role, but the changing face, the soft verses, of an everlasting poem... Photo: Jardins du Luxembourg, Paris, ©2013 Honoré Dupuis
In the Land of Ago
A reading of 11.22.63 by Stephen King How often do we think: "If only I could change this", or, in whatever form, "if only I could have a second chance, go back, and do something different"? Going back, erasing, and changing the past is an old dream, the subject of countless tales and fiction … Continue reading In the Land of Ago
The triangle #fivewords
Weekly Writing Prompt #132 Francis wanted to capture the dream: for the third night, he had read the name of a place he had known, and, now, wanted to build into the story. There were three, at equal distance from each other, the monk had said. The last day, his stare fixed on some old … Continue reading The triangle #fivewords
She taught us #fivewords #fifty
Weekly Writing Prompt #120 Near the river, which was, back then, the divide, or near enough, the link between our lost past and our uncertain future, we listened to her, teach us to go back in time, and learn from our mistakes. Image: Time Warp, by Craig Sunter, from Manchester, UK
Of Glass & Paper 