March 3 Magpie
The magpies are bickering over the grey bones of another fading sunrise, their black tails cocked in affront to whomever dare to share their pied feast. I feel I am an intruder just observing. ‘He’s here again’ Two birds peck while one stands guard, his cocked eye...
From Malachi to eye
“As one who unwills what he willed, will change his purpose with some new second thought, completely quitting what he first had started, so I did, standing there on that dark slope, thinking, ending the beginning of that venture I was so quick to take up at the...
Selfish Little Minotaur
Descent #1 selfish little minotaur My friend described the gift, He shook, he railed, he spat His ire at me I took the gift, though not from him And I discarded it as not enough I rolled a 5, took 3 steps And left the game I left the party I left the room It is not...
It is hard to hear when you keep talking …
I am at the coalface When I am ready to peel back the flint and pocket the shards, I shall pull them from my pocket to show you. I last said that I did not feel emotionally connected to the last little film – and it is true. However your response revealed to me...
Advent 13 – Stargirl
Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli. How meeting my own Stargirl made me recognise the pain and anxieties created by the conformity inspired by modern education