I have always been interested in road numbering in England. I once had an idea for a project which involved driving along some of the of the pre motorway routes, for example the Great North Road and the Fosse Way. Kim has never really shared my enthusiasm for the project I have to say. Recently […]
Following the A1 North To The Wall
I have been battered I have been chained They say they worship me But actually they want me tamed. I can be gagged I can be maimed They say I am no one But I refuse to be shamed. My spirit is uncrushable My will indomitable I may be tethered I will keep trying to […]
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It’s just a moth, I offeredthat blue moon nightrattling windowschafing nerves We’d chosen exile –sister and I – refuge from family demons, not ours to claim Innocence borrowsresponsibility – I boreit like a badge;she shattered Could not discriminatedarkness from her owninner light – soughtto end the fury I’ll carry us both,I murmured, too youngto recognize […]
Sisterly Love
To overcome the bullies in your life, those who ridicule your trauma…..first you need to survive, in learning how to heal, holding onto who you are, believing in the unseen and then moving forward, always forward. You are always so much more than your circumstances. Writing and Image Copyright © 2021 rivers renewed Note: I’m […]
Learning How to Heal
Larmes, or Glass Tears is a famous photograph by Man Ray, a black and white image that looks almost like a film still (which demonstrates his interest in cinematic narrative). The model was an unnamed can-can dancer and the photo is an extreme close-up of her eyes and mascara-coated lashes looking upward in distress, while […]
Man Ray’s Tears
Photo: another segment of cascade along the Lesmurdie Brook. “A brook can be a friend in a special way.” Joan Walsh Anglund Eternal Palimpsest I see you writing your story, scoring your song along the eternal spine of stored vibration, compositions of worn love hidden in abrasions, lost in folds of timeless notions of intimacy, […]
Eternal Palimpsest – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Bylands Abbey which is not far from our home. We are blessed with so much history on our doorstep. There has been an abbey on this site since 1135. Bylands grew to be one of the most important monasteries in the country. It’s church was described as one the finest in Europe during the 12th […]
Abbey
Nature Speaks to Us, I spend a lot of time outdoors, sometimes just listening to the sounds of creation around me. Now I have a lot of ringing in my ears, sometimes it is really bad, but it is always there. It never really goes away. When I am outside, I get distracted very easy. […]
Nature Speaks to Us
The popular memory of JRR Tolkien’s literary output will forever be overshadowed by his novels of Middle-earth, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings but other gems are to be found amidst his rich body of work. One of these is a long poem written in rhyming verse in the style of a medieval Breton lay, entitled The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun; a tragic tale featuring several motifs found in the traditional folklore of Brittany.
Tolkien’s Tale of Brittany
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