[Byzantine Bindings]

Friday 30 January 2015

Story 5



Chicken Fish
Child with Fish
Cat
Merton
Fish
Bishop
Wrym
Brendan Boat
Angel Bee
Four Toed Priest
Three Birds of Appetite

Thursday 29 January 2015

Story 4




Old Woman
Dragon/ Wyrm
Bird
Angry Man
Burst Braces Man
Pointing Man
Elephant
Rabbi
Clown Doll
Bandana Man
Wyrm Bird
Anguished man

Tuesday 27 January 2015

Story 3


The Cat with the Hat and Wand
The Golden Faced Woman with her hand in the Fish's Mouth*
The Auk
The Chicken
The Frogman with a Lobster Claw carrying  The Hen
The watcher

KNEE DEEP IN THE WATER


*look again!



Monday 26 January 2015

Story 2



Vulture
Hat Man
Cat
Bird
Fishing Rod
Mountains
Forest
Head Hunter (Priest)
Wall
Mask
Horse
Shrunken Head
Seeker


Saturday 24 January 2015

Story 1


The Moon
The Hermit
The Salmon
The Mountains
The Shaman
The Hippo
The Horse
The Imp
The Sea
The Fool
Two houses
The Path
The Seeker
The Old Woman

Wednesday 21 January 2015

Wondering

not knowing
if a change might make a difference
a clash of direction
apparent obliqueness
tending to create an impression

lacking only blackbirds
there seemed only
a rainbow bridge lacking
in the situation
a gateless gate through which to
tread softly
noting new vistas
in mindscaped soul
lands
where all was un
named equal
powerful

it all went wrong not in 312
probably a lot earlier
when choices were made
in gardens
far off behind some
word curtained
diorama

boundaries set
journey
became more important
than observation
for its own sake
to test the mettle
of both parties
from now on

evening came and morning came

time was in the mind
broken apart
the one cried tears of light
into the void
wept animals
insects birds
mountains seas
wailed plants
every living thing
that creeps upon the ground

morning came and evening came

space was carved in the mind
variously carved
cut up into pieces
pre-
post-
these things I have seen
in dream and nightmare
bodies bulldozered
into bottom less pits of hatred

evening came and lasted
in never ending darkness
icy cold gripped around
freezing parts until they snapped off
great ice mountains slowly ground their way
through the imagination
leaving scarring
leaving soreness
some wounds impossible to heal

but now the day dawns
the die is cast opportunity is the order of the day
possibilities beckon
call out
witness the life of one
who passed this way with dignity

be true to choice of life over death
and daily bread





Monday 5 January 2015

Friday 2 January 2015

Omens for the New Year

yesterday's gatherings:

Birdsong
Leftover Snow
Crow Caw
Wind in the Yew Trees
Twin Boys on Swing
Swollen Brook
Startling wind-blown Plastic
The River (i) 10.36
The Mystery Goose
The River (ii) 11.32 (Cormorant over the water)
Breakfast with Dad
Cormorant in the Tree

it's a start at any rate.