
Tag: creative writing


It’s time to strip
After a small amount of thought I have decided that it’s time to strip this blog back to its original nuts and bolts. When I began blogging I had no idea what blogging really was, or what I was doing. … Continue reading It’s time to strip

Bright Tongue
Originally posted on Diary of a Person Being Human:
Wondering how I can iron out the wrinkles in my uneasy demeanour, knowing that I may have said too much. But there was never going to be a right time, not… Continue reading Bright Tongue

Scratch n’sniff Icebergs
Originally posted on Diary of a Person Being Human:
I’m re-posting this piece in light of an ensuing discussion about language that my previous post has sparked. I want to highlight that any notion of truth validated by linguistic exchange… Continue reading Scratch n’sniff Icebergs

Dragonflies and Honey Bees
I listen quietly to the shallowness of thought That sings in hushed tones within the embers of my mind. A familiar but distant tune I once used to hear sung. I’ve missed you for so long, I feel I can’t … Continue reading Dragonflies and Honey Bees

Snapshot Stories – Paris
A light flickers from across the street, a window opposite my own three stories above. I watch expecting to see someone in that warmly lit room offset against the deep dark blue of the outside. An image appears in the … Continue reading Snapshot Stories – Paris

Snapshot Stories – Desire
I see something on the top shelf that I would really like to have, but I can’t reach it. No stool or chair seems to be tall enough to give me the boost I need. Is it because I’m small, … Continue reading Snapshot Stories – Desire
Snapshot Stories – You
I love that you love what I love. A tongue twister less twisted for the fate it seeks. Magic stirs within the fire-pit of my prescient imaginings, teasing them out into the fabric of tender reality, full of wonder and warmth in the hope that I find you there, hand outstretched and a smile as wide as the fluttering excitement I feel within me as I cast the energy of the universe out to you, and draw you close in my mind and heart. Embers glowing brightly, reminiscent of moments shared within the stirrings of memory yet unfolding. Know that … Continue reading Snapshot Stories – You
Recipe for Life – Have Your Cake and Eat It
Stop wishing for a better cake, when you baked the cake that you already have, and you know what ingredients you put in it. Enjoy your cake before the dog eats it, or worse, before I eat it because it looks mighty fine from here! Continue reading Recipe for Life – Have Your Cake and Eat It

Burgeoning Atavism
Originally posted on Diary of a Person Being Human:
It’s getting to that time of that year (yes once a year only) when I really need to get away from being someone’s somebody. I need to go and be me… Continue reading Burgeoning Atavism