Tag: reflection
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Earth Heart (poem & audio)
This weekend, I worked on a few new things, revising the plethora of work-in-progress; like scouring the bones of a building after a fire. It was a surprise that the words for ‘Earth Heart’ came to me like a download – I love it when that happens. ‘Earth Heart’ reminds…
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vital
infinite time to reflect on vital things sentient and alive as the sun carves beneath my skin and mandarin segments linger on my tongue, to the tune of childhood lunch-boxes i am like a blackbird lingering at an empty water trough with the promise of being satiated, desire imprinted upon…
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moth-wing
I listen to moth-wings beat against paned glass while rain taps the iron roof and stars are extinguished for the night i recount my deepest fear that i would drown and leave you bereft i remember galaxies familiar as my freckled skin the dust of which has shaped us i listen to moth-wings beat …
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Fallen Idols
Several famous people have left this landscape of late. Where they are headed, only they can know. Perhaps for some they are fallen idols – not to be confused with idylls or ideals. Idols are just that – idols. They’re not gods or goddesses, they live, breathe and pooh just like everyone…
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I had a friend like that…
I had a friend like that once too. He spoke to me of faraway places with the sun in his eyes. I remember his crinkled mouth edges and tree-like arms around my back. I had a friend like that once too. You told me today of…
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Assumptions and Reflections
Often I hear people say, “I know everything about her (or him).” How is that even possible? As humans, we assume a lot about each other, loosely based on the small percentages we actually know about. But all we’re doing is assuming—aka hypothesising, surmising, guessing, or simply making things up. I can’t…
Iona Winter 