Touring the shadows of this homeI see, I made someI fade someAnd I be them all.When the light is rightShadows are brightAnd together at nightWe fight the pall. Ishita. October 22 2020. I wrote this poem for my friend, on one of those days… Continue Reading “The shadows’ call”
Category: I think.., Philosophy, Photography, Poetry, PoliticsTags: friendship, homedecor, houseplants, lightandshadows, pandemic, photos, poem, Poetry, Quarantinepoetry, shadows, strength, sunlight, wall painting, WIndows
He had been dying a whileHarboring decayFrom roots to tileCurly fungi grew in rows on a stemMost of the branchesHad no leaves on them..Still it flowered a few more springsIts pods dangling through fall..On one of its tallest dead branchesA mockingbird delighted to call… Continue Reading “Her dying tree”
Category: Environment, Philosophy, PoetryTags: friendship, Garden, gardening, golden raintree, life and death, meaning of life, old trees, poem, trees, trees in poetry
It’s the end of time I could go on, as beforeWords, or tags can hurt no moreWere they known, or something new?The blows and swings, in constant slew.. I touch my chest to feel the piecesAs night shrinks…the stinging easesWhat can’t break, then slowly… Continue Reading “It’s the end of time”
Category: Cinema, I think.., Philosophy, Photography, PoetryTags: culture, freedom, friends, friendship, happiness, heartbreak, honesty, hope, inspiration, life, Orwell, Philosophy, poem, Poetry, resiliency, romance, Ruins, time, truth, writing
On my trip to Whitehorse, Yukon territory, I found my likely spirit animal: the raven.. Actually ravens are hard to miss there, no wonder the first nations have them in many tales, they are symbolic of creativity and tricks. Bald eagles are symbolic of… Continue Reading “Raven and the sun”
Category: Books, Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Phlog, Photography, Poetry, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Bald eagle, canada, canadian, Chrestomanci, creator, Diana Wynne Jone, Diana Wynne Jones, First nation stories, friendship, inspiration, mythology, peace, poem, poet, Poetry, Raven, spirit animal, trickster, Whitehorse, Yukon territory
This post should have been called why am I so dumb..But I decided against it. As you may understand later, I am trying to avoid using that word, the d*** word in writing. Let me start at the very beginning: when I was really… Continue Reading “On creating and destroying impressions”
Category: Philosophy, Politics, Science, World CultureTags: Conversation, Current affairs, Enemies, feminism, freedom, friends, friendship, Intelligence, Knowledge, Loyalty, News, Patriotism, politics, power, Reddit, science, Stupidity, texting, Trust, war, Women's issues