Neophyte The streets are empty, and rain starts falling. Some windows are lit, high up the tall buildings. Fallen leaves fly in the wind. Slowly he begins to hear the voices of the city. He has so much to learn: the geography of those unknown spaces, where the wall once stood, the secret boundaries, what … Continue reading Neophyte #thedailypost
Geometries
Wisp #writephoto
Inspired by Sue Vincent's Thursday's photo prompt "There are many universes..." she said, in the voice of a factual statement, "and, sometime, voices filter, from one to another. Then one has to know how to read the signs." I waited, hoping for an explanation. The clouds formation, above the rocky landscape, was turning weird. … Continue reading Wisp #writephoto
Calm before the storm – Weekly Writing Prompt #91
Inspired by the Secret Keeper's writing prompt, Monday, May 29th The warm wind is blowing little clouds of fluffy seeds, the air is still, Higher up in the sky we see the spirals of complexity, a world of uncontrollable danger: No aerosol ban can change the fact, Our species is slowly vanishing...
Afrikanische Straße
I leave the lutheran bells ringing clear, behind, the sky a dull lead blanket, but soon I see the green shoots: Nature, the knowing lover, is holding them back, in this chilled Sunday morning, as if to moderate our impatience. She knows how to prolong the foreplay, make us wait, nurse our lust, dream of … Continue reading Afrikanische Straße
Reflections in a Mirror #WritersWednesday
We retrace our steps, without intention, it just happens: suddenly we see ourselves, there at that terrace, one evening, or there, along those walls, pushing our bikes. It's later at night, and the Neue Gallerie is not yet closed, we meet there, in a concert of bright lights and laughter. That was three years … Continue reading Reflections in a Mirror #WritersWednesday
Banned #DailyPost
Today's prompt We wish to leave behind the negatives, open our minds to the new, the innovative: the positives. Around us we see the future being built, as our present. Of course the signs of the past are all there, as if to remind us all that nothing is, ever, unchanging, immutable. Time, they … Continue reading Banned #DailyPost
Ancient #DailyPost
From the magic crew He prides himself of a certain fitness, and longevity. At the gym he gets himself checked, measured and weighted. The young trainer congratulates him for his balance in muscular mass and body fat, and shows him the numbers: what could make him happier? Besides she's most helpful and pretty. She … Continue reading Ancient #DailyPost
Waiting #DailyPost #Autumn
From the exquisite crew We look out on the street, the scenery of everyday, ever changing, never fading. Autumn is there, palpable, in the leaves blown across the sidewalks, in the colours of the trees, in the chill in the air. Slowly, implacably, the city changes to its winter clothes. You and I are … Continue reading Waiting #DailyPost #Autumn
In Praise of Older Streets #BerlinDiary September 11
We love the cobbled streets, the antique gas lamps. The older city still resists the onslaught of developers and speculators, the "Gentrifizierung" brigade, and it has allies. Yesterday, cycling our way from the Alex to Kollwitzplatz, and the charms of Prenzlauer Berg, we admired the contrasts, the moving groups, the bon-chic-bon-genre façon Berlin. And we … Continue reading In Praise of Older Streets #BerlinDiary September 11
The City knows #WritersWednesday
She never forgets: the humble swamps of the beginnings, the far away sounds of war, the medieval cruelties, the triumphs, the parades, the Enemy at the gates... Then there was the long war - thirty years of destruction, rape, pestilence and ruins. Out of this came a stronger state, and she was the capital. … Continue reading The City knows #WritersWednesday
Of Glass & Paper 