Tag Archives: Muse

YOU TOUCHED ME

Posted on May 24, 2020 by David Scanlon

Life’s joy-filled celebrations humanise our animal ways, For they draw us back to a basic community of silence Where inhibitions and egos fall away and we once again: …………….Live fully immersed in the otherness of others; …………….Regain harmony in her … Continue reading →

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DIVIDED WE STAND

Posted on December 24, 2019 by David Scanlon

Divided we stand together, Unable and unwilling to breach Our walls and bring to life All that is – all that we are.

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FOR THE FIRST TIME

Posted on October 4, 2019 by David Scanlon

Can you imagine that blessed time, Just before our dawn light, when, For the first time, her magic appeared; Radiant yet translucently uttered.

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THE POETS

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Vladimir Nabokov

From room to hallway the candles passing glare is extinguished. She floats on imprinted dances, but in her fullest shape she is no longer there in the starless night of our blue-black branches. It’s time, we must leave – as … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE STILL GARDENER

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Federico García Lorca

What you didn’t suspect was she lives trembling in the air. In a treasury of the day which you scarcely touch. Moments come and go laden with no one to look at them.

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