Day: January 22, 2016

The last time

A dark barn,last roses on the side,stems

made a pattern like golden wire.

Homemade cakes and jam…

Bags of red potatoes,

Shining onions,each large enough to make a tart

Garlic and apples..

A smiling woman..

Pay in cash…

Then through a low door

Into the cafe

Views over the fields to the high Ridgeway

where cars are silhouetted against the sky

like ants on fallen tree trunk.

Now we drink coffee and chat…

So good to get out after a month of colds….

Snatch each chance of light and sun.

In the car, we do a circuit

High then down the long hill

Back to the familiar town

seen in a new light.

Gazing out I see some sparrows

What a little life,but so precious

Accidentally strayed

She accidentally strayed
into his terrortery;
He panicked and felt his heart
beating louder
as if trying to burst its way out.
His face turned whiter;
she backed away
knowing intuitively,
it was for the best;
for terror knows no bounds.
And no boundaries create
Terror.

Daddy

In the deepest depth of soul
When I am left alone,
An image rises up,
A picture carved in stone.
I see the red brick house,
Its windows like two eyes.
The door is left ajar
Nearby a white cat lies.
I see the children play
Their marbles stand in line.
I see their fathers come
But I never see mine.
What evil did I do
To drive him into night?
I am too small to ask,
And do not have the right.
Oh,will he come again,
Like Jesus will they say?
I want to see him now
And never to go away.
I stand always aside,
And watch and look and learn.
I cannot be a part,
Much as my sad heart yearns.
Oh,I long to have him back.
I long to see his face.
No-one else can ever fill
This painful empty spac

Quirk:unknown origin

Dictionary.com

quirk
kwəːk/
noun
noun: quirk; plural noun: quirks
  1. 1.
    a peculiar aspect of a person’s character or behaviour.
    “they accepted her attitude as one of her little quirks”
    • a strange chance occurrence.
      “a strange quirk of fate had led her to working for Nathan”
      photo1047synonyms: chance, fluke, freak, anomaly, unusual occurrence, turn, peculiar turn of events, twist,twist of fate

      “by a quirk of history they were related to seven American presidents”
    • a sudden twist, turn, or curve.
      “wry humour put a slight quirk in his mouth”
  2. 2.
    ARCHITECTURE
    an acute hollow between convex or other mouldings.
verb
verb: quirk; 3rd person present: quirks; past tense: quirked; past participle: quirked; gerund or present participle: quirking
  1. 1.
    (with reference to a person’s mouth or eyebrow) move or twist suddenly, especially to express surprise or amusement.
    “his lips quirked disbelievingly”
Origin
early 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘subtle verbal twist, quibble’, later ‘unexpected twist’.

The creative mud

Their eyes drew me,
And their eyes draw me again
Into a pool of winter light
Golden from the low sun.
I swim in it
Like a hawk flows on the wind
Over the depths,
Of life.
Contained by a white china cup,
I’m your reflection now
Drowning in the slanting sunlight
Like a stone in a lake.
Falling deeper until I find
the creative mud
with which I mingle
no longer a stone
but a soft flowing stream of sensations
which meets with joy
the earth’s depths and presence.
And something new will grow

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Thank you for just being you.

 

Thank you for your  words and letters

Thank you for the joy you give.

Thank you for your laughs and humor.

Thank you the gift of love

Thank you for imagination.

Thank you for your unique view.

Thank you for your craft and labour

Thank you for just being you.

 

Thank you,thank you thank you,thank .

These are words that we all say.

Thank you,thank you,thank you thank.

May love and joy be yours this day

Trust the unknown force that grew you

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 Photo  by Mike Flemming.Copyright

“All shall be well,and all manner of things shall be well”
St Julian of Norwich

 

Trust the unknown force that grew you,
From the joining of two cells.
Act of love, of self giving,
Thus to grow a newer self.

 

Trust the dark,the unseen aspects
Of the life we all do live.
Trust that there is wisdom elsewhere,
To your emptiness to give.

 

Wait in patience for the time
When inspiration comes at last
Trust in darkness,silence,lowness.
Opposition forms the cross.

 

Pain is bearable in lowness,
Like the worm in earth I dwell.
When I look I see the sunrise

And I trust all shall be well.