Tag Archives: control

Uncertainty and renewal

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It is spring. The sun is shining. Everywhere there are flowers, trees are heavy with apple and cherry blossom, hedgerows are white with a bridal veil of blackthorn and alive with small birds. It is as if the earth herself … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirituality, The Silent Eye | Tagged anxiety, control, emotions, fear, imagination, lockdown, meditation, peace | 7 Comments

Allegiance ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

They called her Allegiance. Contract and insurance, she was. Revered and guarded, both. So well revered and so well guarded, in fact, that with time she became almost forgotten and had turned more a symbol than a soul. She sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt | Tagged allegiance, allegory, control, creative writing, flash fiction, folklore, history, humanity, myth, No More War, writephoto, writing prompt | Leave a comment

Summer weather…

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

August tomorrow… high summer… when the rush-hour traffic melts away and the roads are driveable, even at eight in the morning. A time of beaches and sandcastles, of ice-cream and strawberries. Of flowerbeds that are a carnival of colour… of … Continue reading →

Posted in mankind, Photography, The Silent Eye | Tagged British weather, control, english summer, Mother Nature | 5 Comments

Drink #midnighthaiku

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Contained, unheeded The flow of life unbounded Slakes the city’s thirst *

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged control, haiku, nature, urbanisation | 11 Comments

Liberty #midnighthaiku

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged control, haiku, nanny state | 2 Comments

#writephoto prompt : Arch enemy by Joelle Le Gendre

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“It’s just an arch, not a god,” Arthur said. During our 2 years of marriage, I’d learned to read the upturn of his right lip, the timbre of his voice, and the inflections attached to the ends of his sentences. … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt | Tagged abuse, control, story, war | 3 Comments

Courage

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged control, courage, haiku | 2 Comments

Driving forward

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Sue Vincent

A busy day. The internet appears to be behaving again finally, though how long it will last is anyone’s guess… and that means I can attempt to catch up. Of course, a thumb that isn’t screaming at me to get … Continue reading →