Songwriting Workshop

Closeness

Being too close, restlessness, stillness, quietness. Grow wood for the trees. The difficulty is one of perspective, you have freedom. Continue reading →

Holy Hue

Festering intolerance, tumbling memories in sleep becoming incoherence, no time to stop, take stock, of what we’re saying.  Look up, Continue reading →

Light in the Darkness

Light in the darkness, the shortest day Watery sunshine drapes its winter arm over the black mountains At the summit Continue reading →

Nearly Sun

Spider webs such awe inspiring architecture, tree sap regenerative nature, the expanding universe and Jupiter the nearly sun, these are Continue reading →

The Left Hand of Darkness

Pig Eye

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The Monastery

Monastery garden stands outside of time, no place for strife or conflict Mary’s shrine, guards the names of loved ones, Continue reading →