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I see green in the early Springtime sunshine: golden greenthe sky is whispering the trees awakeout of Winter slumberstirrings to life are all around and in my hearta hidden world of wonderbetween, beneath below and undereverything a current of pure loveburstingout of every branch and bough alivealightawakening with sacred wordsto welcome in the Spring © 2022 experimentsinfiction.com. All Rights Reserved. Written for... Continue Reading →
Time telescopes at the bend in the riverthirty years agoif a dayyesterday forever:an up-the-river ramble and a sausage sizzlecooking marshmallows by the firethe coppiced trees aren’t tallerbut I swear the island of stones has grownalluvial deposits from the last Ice Age if you think of it12,000 years to tumble down to here.We say we grow old... Continue Reading →
I.Solsticenadir and zenithsouls to icecold moon to blazing sun II.Frost glitters uponengravings of the ancient earthglacier-carvingsplace of life begun III.Candy-cane stripesdancing sailors' hornpipesspray hitting window panessomeone is dancing IV.Alonedusk fallinglike a prayer which dies upon the lipsunheard V.Solstice arcstowards penumbral lightrefracting rainbows into infinity © 2021 experimentsinfiction.com. All Rights Reserved. Written for earthweal I know, I'm supposed... Continue Reading →
Največje je nebo,zato ker vanj lahkospraviš sanje. Največje je drevo,zato ker v njem lahkognezdijo ptice. Največje je morje,zato ker se na njemširi obzorje. Največje je beseda,zato ker z njo lahkopreden greš spatpoveš: Svet, imam te rad! The biggest is the sky,for up there way on highwe store our dreams The biggest is a tree,for there... Continue Reading →
It was late October 2020and there were all the trappings of modernity:fibreglass pumpkins spraypainted and belching smoke;a fairytale tree made to mimic naturefrom some forgotten time when all the world was wonder:Childhood Orange, aglow, the children’s faces inthe chill October aireyes and hearts lit by the spectacle:a drink that fumed with liquid nitrogen;a haunted galleon;a... Continue Reading →
It was the dreaded news:nobody knew if you were coming backyet, in my heartI knew you weren't. My mother. Whose hand would I hold now?Whose arms would comfort mein times of sorrow? Who would be my championand sing my praisein the faceof the entire, uncaring world? Out of the blackness of that coldOctober nightcame the... Continue Reading →
For this week's earthweal challenge, Sherry has given us the following call to action: In the midst of everything going topsy-turvy, in a dark-hearted world, let’s pick up our pens and direct our faltering hope, our vision – OUR LIGHT – in what may very well be our last gasp at the brink of the... Continue Reading →
It was ruined when you left.You had a giftfor transplanting small whispers of naturewhich burst into song beneath the thumbof your green magic. Fuschia, wild rose and climbing ivyplantedthe last torn backwhen it threatened touproot the house. Now once again it growsdefiantlyclimbing and covering the gable end:can a seed, once plantedever be destroyed? Like seeds... Continue Reading →
With your lion's-mane fringeof boldest yellow, youlook down on meor look up to the sky. When I was a childI used to measure my height by youtall in the summer sun always taller than Iyet I knew, if I plucked a handfulof your zebra-stripped seedsand planted them I'd grow a plant which I could tower... Continue Reading →
I dreamt the Theatre was deadand I revived it single-handedly.So how did I revive the Theatre?What did that mean, exactly? I sprinkled the air with fairy dustnothing more than usual, justmotes which dance in shafts of light - thought that would do just right. Then there was the varnish smellfrom the wooden boards long-troddenlonger abandoned,... Continue Reading →
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