Times have been tough and I just wanted to share one of my favourite passages with you. A lot of people go to the Psalms but I always find myself coming back here when I'm ready to lie down and give up: My soul still remembers And sinks within me. This I recall to my … Continue reading Then I Remembered…
I know it's late but I'm just so elated that I've finally finished my last essay for this semester that I'm probably not going to sleep too soon. It is so good to have the work completed and completed on time. Unless you already know the feeling it just can't be explained. The funny thing is that it's even … Continue reading Satisfaction Indeed
Hi lads! Apologies for this unhallowed hour but it's been quite a day. Not sure if that's a good thing or not but hey-ho. This week's challenge (week 40 already!) is: Write a comedy but with an underlying twist of sorrow. Keep it subtle though. That's part of the skill. Ach, you guys know what … Continue reading Writing Challenge – Week 40
I wrote this poem a while ago but I kept it quietly in my notebook because I felt that the words were given to me as comfort in a difficult time rather than pretty lyrics for show. It doesn't have a title because there isn't really one which springs out for it. When We Were Young … Continue reading Down by the Shore
In the early light, the mist begins to clear and I can make out the shapes of their conical hats. Woven baskets, already beginning to fill hang heavy on their hips as they bend and straighten, bend and straighten. Except that the older ones are no longer able to stand as tall as they once … Continue reading The Call
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air... ~Thomas Gray We talk about Doing Hard Things. Then we talk about doing Big Hard Things and Small Hard Things. It came to me, in my grandmother's weary sigh, that spending time with her is what we call … Continue reading Sweetness Not Wasted
Hello lads! Sticking with the theme of misery guts here. This week's challenge is another one around sadness. I don't know why... I'm actually quite a chipper soul, I promise ;) But we've all had our fair share of tears. Here's this week's challenge: Write in any style about something which makes you sad. Not … Continue reading Writing Challenge – Week 8
Here we are, a shorter one this time: Write a poem about sadness without any crying or tears or using the words 'sorrow', 'sad', 'misery' or 'sadness'. It isn't as hard as it may at first sound. And if you want an extra challenge, try using a new word from the Luciferous Logolepsy site (see last … Continue reading Writing Challenge – Week 7
