Tag Archives: fire

About The Dead Woman at the Border

Posted on May 7, 2020 by

The dead woman didn’t know she was dead. Didn’t know she’d stopped breathing, there at the border where cold sea meets fire. The dead woman couldn’t quite remember when it had happened. When her dreams had become no more than … Continue reading →

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Fire Within

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

Surprised by this re-ignition of fire within head, heart, and belly, she pauses for a moment. Hears cackle of laughter from her old woman’s lips as she watches tendrils of smoke rise up to surround her. Thinks about that old … Continue reading →

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About Creativity

Posted on April 11, 2020 by

NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 11 Remember when as children, ideas were as prolific as dandelions? That is the fire of creativity built in, and always burning. Voice of need to heed its call, to express the seed of what lies within. … Continue reading →

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Bonfire

Posted on April 10, 2020 by

NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 10 Perhaps a silly wish but I long to sit near a backyard bonfire. Watching the fire dance constantly changing faces, taking a chance to break free. Small sparks of hope rising in dark night taking flight … Continue reading →

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Burnt Sacrifice

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #83 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ And for November PAD Challenge: Image #18 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/ Burnt Sacrifice Unless mistaken, found peculiar beauty in silence we offered for words gone wrong that never belonged on paper. Five faces distorted, softened in … Continue reading →

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