August 30, 2020

Open Scene

Lucid Waking

The street-lights were on,
like the eyes of cats,
yellow night-globes
watching me pass;
this was at mid-day,
outside the hospital.

Fear is a door ajar
where you can get out;
it is painted with an open
scene: trees and sky,
a line of cars passing,
head-lights on,
heading for the dark—
Once it’s closed
it can never be found…





Lines by David B. Churchill from Lucid Waking
and photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

August 28, 2020

End of August

At the Swimming Pool

…Whenever it got dark, Mary Ann and I
pretended to be mermaids,
together and separate in the hazy underwater silence—
The pool lights turning into moons.




 

Lines by Jan Claire from The Music of the Aztecs
and photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

August 18, 2020

Allotted Time

The Return

Nobody tells you but
somehow you know
most people will return
to where they’re from
after their allotted time,
but as much as they
forget everything else
after they get back,
they never get the roar
of those rivers
out of their ears,
or the thunder of the waves
in that bottomless sea-cave…



 

Lines from Necropole: A Meditation on Loneliness by David B. Churchill
and photo by Jan Claire

August 10, 2020

Figures in Poetry: The Sphinx

The Sphinx

…I am half god, half animal.
I scare you with my pure stare.





Lines by Jan Claire from The Music of the Aztecs

photo by Steve Harvey on Unsplash
and a background video of The Sphinx at Discovery UK 

August 9, 2020

Jung Connections: The Diamond Net

The Diamond Net
The Diamond Net is a video series and blog created by Emerald Wilkins which deals with the topics of emotions, spirituality, social issues, and psychology.” ~ Emerald Wilkins

Poets and writers may find these videos especially appealing—

 The Diamond Net—




Quotation from Emerald Wilkins’ Twitter page
and photo by Jan Claire

In the Beginning

Poet You constellate the myths, O royal oracle of archetypes. Photo and poem by Jan Claire

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