Beautiful People: H’s Cathy

*gasp* What is this, an actual Beautiful People post on my blog in 2016? I know, I’ve been as lax in keeping up with the writing tag as a printer sans ink, partly because I’ve not tackled any new big novels for a while and instead have been trying to focus on the importance of …

The Lady in Grey

I recently came across an old poem of mine (circa 2011) and, this being a writing blog in heart, thought it worth posting here. Enjoy! Ice-lady of the wood, Smoke for hair and space for eyes, Grown out of contradiction, Taught not to love, only disguise. She whispers words Only witches can see, Burning babies’ …

Photo of the Week: Panels

Unfortunately, not much on the photo stakes this week, as I haven't had much of a chance around my work to find subjects for photography. Here, beads of light explode on a panelling decoration on the wall, shattering the illusion of stillness and quiet, by responding to the music around them with ever-changing colours. I …

7 Quick Takes about Poeming, Photoshooting, and Bipartite Discussions

Ah, Friday. I remember you from last week. That had been so long and so paltry a time ago. Now, of course, it’s time for this week’s 7 Quick Takes, hosted by This Ain’t the Lyceum. #1. It’s funny how time changes, isn’t it? This time last year, I was practically petrified of everything and …

My life revolves around backseat driving and half-hearted love letters

And that would be the start of a poem a lot better than the one you're about to read, but the summer saps my creativity and soul, and I end up writing vapid nonsense to prompts for which I ought to be wittier. It's kind of creepy. Last month, The Scribblers creative writing society launched …

Quick Takes Friday About Gaining Dual POV, Generating Poetry and Glueing Rhinestones

Join me and the other Catholic bloggers over at ConversionDiary for our weekly Quick Takes summaries. ~1~ Firstly, in case you missed it, yesterday was my 500th post here, so I did some summing up of the past 2.5 years I’ve been working. I can’t really add anything more to that other than the hope …

‘The Relationship’

I wrote this poem on Wednesday when this photo I took the same day inspired me. Your sweat and the last refrain of melody and the closing thorn, It pierced my heart before I'd even known How to spell out your amour. In these moments where I curse and scrawl your words over and again, …

Poem: Fingermarks on the Glass

Too many drinks make a hazy head – A thin line ‘tween clarity and peering through a traffic of images For the harmony of your tenor, For a stupid, goofy grin We both once shared. In drabs, our souls drip away; Though the clear transparency of your tone Mingles with my opaque dossier, One look …

Quoting Myself

I have started to get back into YouTubing, and I did a brief recording to entertain myself whilst going through a round of editing. People always say that we should read our MS aloud, and, whilst I was enjoying making a Stephen Fry voice narrate to me, I decided it was time to use my …

Poem: I Was Working Away The Pain

I see you in the dark shapes under my eyes, Where I’ve been losing sleep Over contemplations and other intangible Mysteries of the black storm beneath my chest. That heavy block – organs, flesh, blood… Of all things, my blood shares not your blue hue, But if I were the sky, I’d bleed in globules …