Tag Archives: #Silenti

An Orcadian Diary (2) Before History – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 23, 2018 by

Reblogged from Sun in Gemini: Continued from Part One And now we should go back to an older time – a much older time – to flesh out the story of the islands of Orkney, north-east of the Scottish mainland. … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (4) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 17, 2018 by

Continued from Part Three. The line of packing cases is nearly complete. The man looks down at the three chairs in the East, one white, one purple and one red. The symbolism of the outer two was plain: the Tudor … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (III) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

Continued from Part Two The man with the packing case pauses as he passes the place that was the East, the place from which the Queen began her direction of proceedings in this, her favourite palace of Nonsuch, in 1590’s … Continue reading →

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Rings of Earth and Sky – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 3, 2018 by

To find that time and circumstance Had placed us in an isle of fertile space Where others led us to a place A ring wherein the sky and earth would quarter meet There is no sense of wonder deeper Than … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (ii) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 1, 2018 by

Continued from Part One He stops in the act of dismantling – the raven directly in line with his left eye. Reluctantly, he climbs onto the chair to unhook the left panel of rubberised black fabric that contains the bird’s … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (1) – Steve Tanham

Posted on April 26, 2018 by

There is a moment when he stops, puts down his packing box, and looks at what remains of the Court Floor. It is the last vestige of a creative journey of twelve months, of twenty souls intent on giving their … Continue reading →

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The Opened Palm – Steve Tanham

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

“I only know how to ask…” Probably the last thing she said to me, so many years ago. Age took her, then. But the memory of the touch of her mind and heart is a wonderful one. So gentle, so … Continue reading →

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