Monthly Archives: March 2017

First past the post

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Geoff Le Pard kindly (and I use that term loosely…) named me as one of his victims in Sarah Brentyn’s ‘first post revisited’. While it can sometimes be pleasant to revisit old work, at other times it can make you … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Michael Dellert – What is the Title of My Book?

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I was recently asked where the title for my new book, The Wedding of Eithne, came from, and what it meant to me. I only had about 100 words to answer that question, but it set me to thinking about … Continue reading →

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Spring by Trent McDonald #writephoto

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Photo ©Sue Vincent “The guide book says this has been a sacred spot for millennia.  There are shrines and crap dating to the Neolithic around these springs.  Stupid primitives, praying to water.  Come on!  The others went this way.” Margaux … Continue reading →

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Dandelion

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Colleen Briggs Images & Writing:
Enter a captionSacred Center Holds (2); 2017; 14.75″ x 18.5″; watercolor & acrylic Do I truly believe… when the sacred center shatters, when hope is flung like dandelion parachutes into frigid wind,…

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Vintage

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Some are old when they’re young, Some are young when they’re old And the years mark no more Than the passage of time. Where youth can be timourous, Age can be bold And its journey through life Runs from laughter … Continue reading →

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Spring by E.R. Smith #WritePhoto

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Spring into Renewal   Spring into renewal; leap with the force of your being gather the wisdom of the ages, change the tired of seeing Bound to depths of wells holding past imaginings; dreams woven in youth Continue reading: #WritePhoto

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Wellspring #midnighthaiku

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Chalice Well, Glastonbury, has been in use for over two thousand years. The chalybeate spring has never ceased to our forth its warm red waters. One of the many legends of the well says that Joseph of Arimathea placed the … Continue reading →

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Speechless

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Never turn your back On a dog with a cushion To answer the phone

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Spring from Of Glass and Paper #writephoto

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

She looked down at the stones, polished by time and covered by ancient lichen: no-one had been around the garden for eons, she was probably the first to find the gate. Judging by the dead leaves still peppering the ground, … Continue reading →

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Guest poet: Mbizo Chirasha – Identity Apples

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

 Identity Apples I am a fat skeleton, resurrecting From the sad memories of dada And dark mysteries of animism I am Buganda I bleed hope I drip the honey of fortune Makerere; think tank of Africa I dance with you … Continue reading →

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