Tag Archives: sorrow

Horizon ~ D. Wallace Peach #writephoto

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dare I fly from the sea’s rim to the sun’s white center When sorrow bleeds crimson from my tongue and fingertips Will I sing through the throat of hope, the beauty of the human story? My wings unfold with the … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged hope, horizon, pantoum, Poetry, sorrow, Sue Vincent, wings, writephoto, writing prompt | 2 Comments

Facing Fear With The Silent Eye, Part 3 – Sorrow ~ Helen Jones

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Helen Jones continues the tale of her experiences with the Silent Eye in Derbyshire: I recently attended a workshop, with The Silent Eye, about Facing Our Fears, an extraordinary weekend spent among the hills and grey stone villages of the … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged beauty, Carl Wark, compassion, Derbyshire, Elisabeth Hancock, eyam, graves, heather, love, Mompesson, Moors, mourning, sorrow, the plague, the Riley Graves, views | Leave a comment

Facing Fear With The Silent Eye, Part 2 – Pestilence ~ Helen Jones

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Helen Jones continues her account of the recent weekend in Derbyshire… I recently attended a workshop, with The Silent Eye, about Facing Our Fears, an extraordinary weekend spent among the hills and grey stone villages of the Peak District. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged angels, bubonic plague, death, emotion, eyam, family, fleas, history, infection, loss, love, Rites of passage: seeing beyond fear, sacrifice, saxon cross, sorrow, spirit, stone cottages, village church | Leave a comment

The Way of Stars ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

They were like stars, swirling low and high across the sky, marking the path of time and soul and light and dark and what will come and what had been. As the murmuration rose and swelled, so did the sorrow … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged flash fiction, folklore, Gratitude, grief, micro fiction, murmuration, photo prompt, saying goodbye, sorrow, starlings, writephoto | 2 Comments

Blessings ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Lush grass now grew over the span of stones, though none had grown there in the many years when the passage of feet had mowed and flattened any seedling that had found a crack in which to nestle. The water … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged blessings, bridge, creative writing, flash fiction, history, micro fiction, progress, sorrow, survival, timeless, water, writephoto, writing prompt | Leave a comment

Timeless Regret ~ Iain Kelly #writephoto

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Battered by the elements he soldiered on. The years had taken their toll on him, more so than the landscape around him. The erosion of the rocks and gnarling of the trees happened incrementally, while his own physical degradation had … Continue reading →

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To My Hearth Returned by Jael Sook #writephoto

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Tender harbinger, You winged across an ocean, Untiring, faithful in your mission To deliver me sorrow, news of Heart’s worst loss… The world Stopped turning—still, soundless— Even my weeping, mute river. You blotted tears with onyx pinions, Sat near, promised … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged death, Free Verse, harbinger, love returned, Messenger, prose poetry, sorrow, transformation | Leave a comment

#writephoto – Swansong by Helen Jones

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent’s weekly #writephoto challenge is one of my favourite writing prompts. Her photos are always evocative and inspire a wide range of responses, as though she’s captured a little piece of storytelling magic in each image. Perhaps she has… … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged break-up, dying, heartbreak, leave, love poetry, requiem, sadness, song, sorrow, swan, swansong, water, wish | Leave a comment

Caveman from rivrvlogr#writephoto

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from rivrvlogr: Caveman Eyes dark, you sulk and brood with a scowl Expecting all the world to care About your petty problems When no one notices Continue reading Ken’s nonet here.