Tag Archives: cycle of life

Looking out

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

With half an eye to a handsome face… Rugged, smooth or touched with grace… Or a pretty dress I’d love to wear, A pair of heels, a style of hair… I’m seventeen, or twenty three… Or would have been Were … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged ageing, cycle of life, feeling | 46 Comments

Housekeeping #midnighthaiku

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Unseen in shadow Feasting on death and decay Nature’s clean-up crew * Belly of the beast Transforming death to life Cycle continues *

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged cycle of life, haiku, Slugs | 11 Comments

Loss #midnighthaiku

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Growth and destruction A necessary cycle Seldom understood Grief dims the heart’s true vision Each ending a beginning

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged cycle of life, haiku, tanka | 7 Comments

Perpetual canon

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

My eyes open on a world of changing seasons Dancing to a song of life in death and death in life Where reason is the rhythm. My eyes may close in wakeful sleep My soul will dance Where rhythm is … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged cycle of life, inspiration, rhythm, seasons, writing | 11 Comments

Snow in summer

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I stood like a mountain Astride the plain Watching with slow eyes As life passed beneath me. Feeling the seasons on my skin, Each year a mere frisson, And the years passed Until snow silenced me. I waited immobile For … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged cycle of life, mountains, snow, soul, spirituality, sun, water | 29 Comments

Finale #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged cycle of life, endings and beginnings, haiku, hope, life and death, possibility | 14 Comments

Haunting #midnighthaiku

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There are many burial mounds dotted around the ancient landscape of Avebury, echoing perhaps, in miniature, the great mound of Silbury Hill. Some are round barrows, others sheem to shadow the shape of the ceremonial stone axes that have been … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, ancient mound, Ancient sites, Photography, Poetry | Tagged cycle of life, haiku, life and death, natural cycle | 23 Comments

Flying high

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There was a heron in the garden when I arrived at my son’s home a little before eight o’clock. It stood on the deck, almost as tall as me, and looked me in the eye. For a moment there was … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirituality, The Silent Eye | Tagged chronic illness, cycle of life, diability, fish, heron, life and death, reality, Silent Eye annual ritual drama workshop, symbolism | 10 Comments

Container gardeners

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The sun rose this morning on a misty world, finding its way through scattered clouds. Although the air is chill, yet there is a feeling of spring burgeoning with determined inevitability in the hedgerows and fields. Houses huddle together for … Continue reading →