The Weary Traveller (Short Story) - 7/6/2007 2:18:23 PM
I love the setting, the name: "Peace and Friendship Lodge", and the description of the child and the woman. All have the texture of reality. The plot twist is a familiar ghost type. There must be a way to spice it up. How about having the waiter be the grown daughter who escaped the fire. That also makes it easy to lead into another story about the daughter's life-- one I'd love to read.
The Weary Traveller (Short Story) - 11/19/2006 7:55:21 PM
This is a variation on a very old story theme.... your trekking life and eye for local colour make it interesting. Cheers, Jim
Myanmar (acrostic) (Poetry) - 9/22/2010 3:29:08 PM
I see well, Anna, why you chose Myanmar for the title because it will never be Burma again until it is free of the horrors of that dictatorship. I was lucky to spend a week there once and the Burmese people (who would ever think of calling them Myanmarese?) were so serene and elegant and giving in their poverty and oppression - what a lesson in dignity that was, a week of real education.
Bless you for this poem.
John
Sometimes my Heart Wanders (Poetry) - 9/22/2010 3:22:48 PM
I love "A dialect of pigeon wings and car horns"
and I love the rest, too.
Sorry, Anna, I'm late coming to your work but better etc...
I've missed out, I truly have.
John
Myanmar (acrostic) (Poetry) - 2/24/2010 1:56:22 PM
Sad, harsh, and very real; a poignant offering, Anna. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Sometimes my Heart Wanders (Poetry) - 2/23/2010 2:58:29 PM
Interesting write. And good to read you again Anna.
Just the other day I was talking to a lass from the smoke who was on retreat at the local abbey. She had forgotten how peaceful life outside the city is. As-well-as people actually acknowledged her. Yet up there where the is so much life she felt lonely thinking it's normal to be ignored. Maybe inside your head is seeing the marvelous fields and stunning scenery of good ole Sussex. Be it NY or any crazy city all I want to do is get away PDQ. Except for the few times I've nipped up to the smoke. To watch the mighty Arsenal.
Nice juxtapose between heaven and hell. :)
Twilight Haiku (Poetry) - 2/23/2010 2:33:32 PM
Sensually engaging; lovely haiku, Anna. Thank you for sharing this gift. Love and best wishes,
Regis
Sometimes my Heart Wanders (Poetry) - 2/23/2010 2:32:23 PM
Your imagery awakens the imagination, Anna. Your ending caught me off guard but in a good way. Do you mean "Old apple orchards" in the 19th verse? Fine poetry; thank you for sharing it. Love and best wishes,
Regis
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 8/4/2009 6:01:07 AM
Funny poem about non fun subject matter in the real world. I had mine out a few years back, the old slash and whack. I also appreciate my dentist, a good guy, whose children I have personaly put through college through his work on my mouth. Patrick
Lucky Duckies (Poetry) - 5/29/2008 8:51:04 AM
wow....very well written and expressed..
Twilight Haiku (Poetry) - 5/16/2008 12:34:58 PM
Such a wonderful "Twilight Haiku"...job well done.
Twilight Haiku (Poetry) - 5/16/2008 9:11:08 AM
Anna, the beauty and depth of haiku is in its apparent
simplicity. It ain't easy. But you do it so well. - Gene.
Twilight Haiku (Poetry) - 5/13/2008 9:47:44 AM
Anna, great series of Ku's...each one built on the other from beginning to end...Well done!
Cheers,
Dan
Twilight Haiku (Poetry) - 5/13/2008 1:17:37 AM
This one is a definate keeper, so full of the beauty of the sea, the night and two lovers in each others arms. Such a soft dreamy sensuality to it that I truly enjoyed.
hugs
Fee
Twilight Haiku (Poetry) - 5/12/2008 10:31:41 PM
The beauty, wonder and enrichment that fills the soul walking along the shoreline is just breathtaking and you have presented the image well...
Be always safe,
Karen
Twilight Haiku (Poetry) - 5/12/2008 6:16:38 PM
Perfect little haiku
Twilight Haiku (Poetry) - 5/12/2008 6:06:15 PM
Great writing,enjoyed...Hugssssss
Twilight Haiku (Poetry) - 5/12/2008 4:33:40 PM
Lovely unforced images, a pleasure toread
John
Myanmar (acrostic) (Poetry) - 5/12/2008 4:15:41 AM
Excellant and imagery makes one pause and think of the meaning.
fee
Myanmar (acrostic) (Poetry) - 5/11/2008 5:13:54 PM
The world wants to respond, but who can get past the ruling government? Tragic, all the way around -
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Lucky Duckies (Poetry) - 2/4/2008 1:25:21 PM
I agree ... shall we wing it :)! Thanks for stopping by!
Sandy
Lucky Duckies (Poetry) - 2/2/2008 5:23:31 AM
So very cute,great job..stay safe and well...HUgs
Lucky Duckies (Poetry) - 2/2/2008 4:18:51 AM
I watched a gaggle of geese merrily winging southward yesterday, as I shoveled 12 inches of newly fallen snow. They were lucky duckies (er, geese) indeed!
Beneath a Desolate Moon (Poetry) - 2/1/2008 3:39:43 PM
Such a strong sadness here of a loving son who has sacrificed his own world and put his life on hold for the love of his aging mother.
Fee
Lucky Duckies (Poetry) - 2/1/2008 3:31:58 PM
Agreed...and if I win the lottery I'll send you the tickets and meet you at the beach bar...lol
Fee
Lucky Duckies (Poetry) - 2/1/2008 2:38:01 PM
lol
adorable.............loved it
pax A
Lucky Duckies (Poetry) - 2/1/2008 11:48:39 AM
Wonderful, bloody brilliant....But naff that, great to see you back....
Beneath a Desolate Moon (Poetry) - 2/1/2008 9:24:22 AM
Interesting write,enjoyed..have a wonderful day...HUgsssssssss
Hopes and Schemes (Poetry) - 10/7/2007 10:16:20 PM
Anna, this is a delight! The flow of imagery and rhythm are excellent. In theme, this reminded me greatly of some of the better Beat poetry.
Hopes and Schemes (Poetry) - 8/9/2007 6:17:16 PM
Some remain where they feel it to be safe, yet others dare to live.
Imagery is triff yet has a lonesome quality.
High class poetry. Pure artistic word pictures..
Hopes and Schemes (Poetry) - 8/9/2007 8:17:22 AM
Anna...wonderful descriptive write.....this is something I will read again and again...cheers...love n luck....BHUWAN!!!
Hopes and Schemes (Poetry) - 8/9/2007 7:56:06 AM
You have drawn several pictures in this poem, excellent visual art that makes us one with nature. God gave us nature to enjoy it not destroy it. You showed us how to enjoy it. Great. Victor
Hopes and Schemes (Poetry) - 8/9/2007 5:32:06 AM
An excellent write Anna, Holly
Hopes and Schemes (Poetry) - 8/9/2007 4:36:05 AM
An epic tale occuring many times in history, around the world, and a wonderful poem, Anna.
Hopes and Schemes (Poetry) - 8/9/2007 4:32:03 AM
You have used your words to take us inside the hearts and minds of young men everywhere who have had their own dreams to follow and with very little set out to find a life of their own. Strong images, lovely flow and a sense of hope come out of this write for somthing better.
Fee
Hopes and Schemes (Poetry) - 8/8/2007 10:41:29 PM
Anna,
A great, descriptive work of art. I can see the hopeful gleam in the boy's eye. So much hope and potential.
I enjoyed this immensely.
Leo
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/29/2007 11:16:49 AM
Excellent write, makes us wonder why God gave them to us sometimes.
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/28/2007 3:26:52 AM
Many will empathise with the substance of your muse here.
I attended Edinburgh Dental Hospital regularly as a child for gum and teeth correction resulting from a cleft palate. On one occasion the dentist that I needed a tooth removed. He told me to sit still for a moment till he came back. Feering the horrible gas mask, I set about feverishly and tearfully loosening the tooth with my finger and thumb. I had managed to pull it out by the time he returned. I held it up triumphantly in my blooded finger only to receive a stern lecture of the dangers of pulling out your own teeth. Ah well, better that than the gas mask, I reasoned.
Like your wee boy, I guess I had also scripted a scowl for dentists some time earlier.
Regards
Dai
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/25/2007 10:42:42 AM
I'll never forget when I
had mine extracted.
They were also impacted....
I like the humor in this. I hope you are back comfortably chomping soon! Well done!
~Butch Howard
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/24/2007 2:57:41 PM
Been there Anna several times and my heart goes out to you. Pain is not to gain, and yes I believe your baby boy already knows and feels what he is instore for. Hope you are feeling much better.
Rose
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/24/2007 10:49:31 AM
Great commentary on dentists. My cousin is one and he's always got both hands in someone's mouth. Ugh! Tasteless job, but someone has to do it. Good write! and funny, too!!!
George
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/24/2007 7:51:36 AM
Yikes. The times I said No no no honest my wisdom teeth don't hurt, do they really look sore then.. LOL. I still have them, but that pain is awful whilst it lasts... Guess you're feeling a bit glum, chum.
Cheer up you know what they say...De dum...Always look on the bite side of life..
I lost 3 teeth a few weeks back..(don't play french at soccer) the only thing that hurts is the wallet extraction, have the roots removed is nothing compared to the price of new teeth. I used to take my son to the dentists after his first birthday to get him used to sitting in the chair of fun, fun, fun....
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/24/2007 6:58:25 AM
Hope you feel better soon. I also still have my impacted wisdom teeth, and so far, they haven't bitten me back.
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/23/2007 9:01:38 PM
Well written piece! Ah, wisdom teeth, not so full of wisdom are they? Sorry you had to suffer so, but know the feeling.....
Be safe,
Karen
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/23/2007 4:03:02 PM
Can certainly sympathize with you on this write...
Fee
Wisdom Teeth Blues (Poetry) - 7/23/2007 3:59:49 PM
Poor Baby! This was a delightful write, although you were in pain the whole time! Hope you start feelin better soon! HUGS! SC
Fate Awaits (Poetry) - 5/29/2007 6:50:26 AM
A touchingly caring write! Your loving heart, shines throughtout this honest portrayal! BIG HUGS! SC
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 5/26/2007 1:05:25 PM
Another wonderful write, you do have a way with words, this pulled me into it. Thankes.
Rose
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 1/17/2007 3:37:36 PM
Powerful one Anna. I muse at the thought of seeing myself through someone else's eyes in hopes of goodness coming through...but I am so aware of the type of man who cannot accept the view. This transported me to another time imagerically. Beautifully written, Anna. I look forward to more.
xo Taylor
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 1/16/2007 10:37:39 AM
He could not bare to see his true self reflected back at him. This is powerful, Anna. Thank you. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 1/16/2007 9:56:20 AM
There is power in this message/poem!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Love Tinka
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 1/16/2007 4:34:46 AM
A tue artist sees the soul of the person he/she is painting. Which is often a portrait different from his own aspirations. A very wonderful poem. Victor
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 1/16/2007 12:03:14 AM
This is excellent. A strong period feel to the tense drama.
The second stanza sees the pompous sack-cloth character wrap himself in silk. He luxuriats himself upon a vain, velvet canvas. Then the artist, momentarily invited into his carefully cultured social space, commits the crime of stripping him bare of all conceit.
Reminds me of a portrait I was asked to do. The man gave me a picture of his wife. He asked me to alter the nose, the hair, and remove a slight blemish from her chin. I took the finished portrait to their house. A woman answered the door. I had to look twice to recognise her. She was older looking than I anticipated. She did not look like the photo, nor did she look like the finished portrait, but she was thrilled with it.
I guess we have an idealised portrait of ourselves that we imagine everyone can see and appreciate.
'Is there another artist among us?' is as good an insight into our psyche of vanities as we'll get.
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 1/15/2007 12:00:08 PM
They say a true portrait artist will capture not just the physical characteristics of a person but the very essence of the being, this poem shows the artist has done just that in the pettiness of how he rejected the work.
Fee
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 1/14/2007 7:06:27 PM
Seeing into the true nature of oneself can be a sobering and frightening experience. How many of us would be repulsed by seeing our own actual graphic image? I remember the Who song Andy refers to ...
"Can you see the real me, doctor...doctor?" -Roger Daltry/Peter Townsend
This is a well composed view into the psyche of one who wields power while leaving human destruction in his wake. -a fantastic write Anna!
~Butch
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 1/14/2007 5:18:45 AM
Vanity, vanity all of him is vanity... OOOO, this is a rather good ekphrastic story in prosetry, the blighter could not bare seeing the real self, the real me as The Who would say, but your way to young to now that one.. Wanting someone to show him his self deception rather than the truth of the real him..
Nice one...
Dare to portray me? (Poetry) - 1/14/2007 1:59:03 AM
This one has a powerful message. Thank you for sharing.......
Haiku reflections of Japan (Poetry) - 11/9/2006 10:08:51 PM
hi Anna. was already quite impressed with the sustained power and grace of these and then quite amazed to learn you pulled it all from the imagination. superior work. really nice, Dawn
Haiku reflections of Japan (Poetry) - 11/9/2006 1:53:22 PM
Perfect Ku. The visuals are much how I see Japan too.
The 3rd one has a surreal feel to it.
AD, land of the rising Anna..
Haiku reflections of Japan (Poetry) - 11/9/2006 12:15:00 PM
Your Haiku is absolutely beautiful! The images of Japan are striking and I would have thought buy your descriptions that you have seen all of it with your own eyes. I enjoyed reading them!
~Butch
Haiku reflections of Japan (Poetry) - 11/9/2006 12:12:04 PM
The stark contrast between what reads as a lush, romantic, garden fete, and then the abrupt, plastic sounds and sights of the concrete wilderness that is Tokyo. Land of the rising nikie(?)
We have everything to lose (Poetry) - 11/6/2006 10:15:55 AM
SOOOOO TRUE!!!!!!!!
Thank you for being aware in spirit..
Love,
Dove
The Crazed Writer (Poetry) - 11/4/2006 10:18:28 AM
We bleed from our souls onto the page. That is all we can do. And we hope somewhere, somehow a reader will be touched by our efforts. You're a success. Thank you for sharing your poetic soul with us.
We have everything to lose (Poetry) - 11/4/2006 10:15:15 AM
Poignant and profound words you've penned here. You've done a good job of dealing with subjects most fear. Keep writing.
We have everything to lose (Poetry) - 11/4/2006 2:29:52 AM
Some vital points you made in this poem and some eyeopeners. We as a people must take responsibility to in the world affairs. But we are also at the hands of the people over our indivdual governments. This is a powerful message thankyou for sharing this one.
Light &peace,
Joselyn
We have everything to lose (Poetry) - 11/3/2006 8:14:34 PM
You are right and very excellent poem with the caveat, that it isn't just the USA at fault, humanity the world over throughout time, before there ever was an America has been in conflict and ruled by tyrants that kept the masses from education etc. It still goes on in poor countries. Thanks for sharing...ET
We have everything to lose (Poetry) - 11/3/2006 5:37:40 PM
Amen to what you express, Anna! Thank you for this powerful and timely message. Love and peace to you,
Regis
We have everything to lose (Poetry) - 11/3/2006 1:43:44 PM
There's as much confusion as carbon monoxide polluting the atmosphere and air waves - one reason I don't watch TV anymore. The politics underpinning the green movements etc raise suspicion within my cynical mind. There are a lot of sincere individuals of your fine calibre out there, but your voice gets lost in the pollution of competing politics, some of it driven by an irrational pure hatred - the sum of human psyche emissions.
Prince Phillip once said - and he was derided for saying it - that for the ideal world to exist, it would need to be populated by angels. In other words, people without corrupted minds.
I'm afraid I'm a sceptic, thanks to the left infestation of the green movement - and I speak as a former socialist now occupying the centre of political gravity. But I do share your compassion for humanity and its survival.
We have everything to lose (Poetry) - 11/3/2006 1:40:31 PM
Yes, yes, yes it is so true, yet america take a selfish point of view.
$$$$ today and bury our heads, least England is leading the way, again... We have our kids to think of too.
Up top is the serenity prayer..
It carries on
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
By Reinhold Niebuhr
Nice one
We have everything to lose (Poetry) - 11/3/2006 1:35:01 PM
The last line says it all. but let's not forget that 4000 babies are killed each day in the name of abortion. That's happening now and will continue unless we have strong leadership in the government and end this atrocity. Vote wisely your country is at stake.
Fate Awaits (Poetry) - 10/31/2006 10:53:57 AM
Such important questions here Anna, and some very thoughtful insight leads us to the answer. We must let go of our demons and open our hearts. There is hope and you have shown it to us in this contemplative write.
~Butch
The Crazed Writer (Poetry) - 10/31/2006 10:40:41 AM
Anna, this is lovely and it touches me because I can so well relate to the feelings you convey here. I started late in my endeavor to learn to write poetry (as in just about everything else in my life) but at least I am learning. I like the imagery and introspective quality of this write. It is in the struggle to compose our plethora of thoughts and get them to the page in poetic form that we find our joy -overcoming the torment. Well done!
~Butch
Trick or Treat?!- A Halloween Tale (Poetry) - 10/30/2006 8:37:01 AM
Funtastic halloween story/poem!Quite a chiller!
Shivering Enjoyment!;-)...ET
The Crazed Writer (Poetry) - 10/29/2006 5:16:03 AM
Too many thoughts unfinished,
How will I get them all down?
The tormented writer says with a frown,
To the outside world, I must seem a fool,
Creative people drink from the same cup of delightful eccentricity.
I have less years ahead than i have left behind. Knowledge of this forced me into realising that i still have so much to write and paint, and wondering if i will have the time to produce them all. The frown is intense. It's target is on the concentration to create, while at the same time, its object is also those wasted locust years in which I whistled other people's tunes but my own. Bloody fool that I am.
Don't go to bed too soon, Anna, or let the sun go down on your creativity - deny it!
Fate Awaits (Poetry) - 10/29/2006 5:08:44 AM
Life is a series of thin lines, ifs, and how can Is. Arthur Miller described life in Death of a Salesman, as a peeling away of an orange skin. Lennon in paraphrasing Browning described it as 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plan.' The bible urges us to love our neighbour as ourselves. In other words, before we can be of use to anybody, we have to come to terms with ourselves.
Life can be so reflexive, so reflective, yet this introspection and retrospection provides us with the lessons to move forward - ideally.
This is a compelling piece in the manner of a Harrison song that contains the repeated, 'It easier to...' refrain.
Trick or Treat?!- A Halloween Tale (Poetry) - 10/29/2006 3:21:17 AM
This reminded me of the mistake I made in Glasgow way back when. I parked the car near Celtic Park. A lad came and asked if he could watch my car. Not familiar with the routine, I said no. Big mistake. I returned to broken windows and a stolen cassette player.
lest I be visited by the same unsettling dream, I too tend to stock up with sweets and pound coins (folk stocked threepenny bits when I was a kid - so much for inflation)
Well written - must have been to force a Scotsman to dip into his wallet - now that's a challenge!
Trick or Treat?!- A Halloween Tale (Poetry) - 10/28/2006 11:31:49 AM
A fantastic Halloween write
thanks for sharing ...Anna
"Wecome to the Den"
Love & peace
William
Trick or Treat?!- A Halloween Tale (Poetry) - 10/26/2006 1:18:47 PM
A delightful and clever Halloween offering, Anna. Thank you for sharing it. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Trick or Treat?!- A Halloween Tale (Poetry) - 10/26/2006 12:07:32 PM
Great write Anna!Vivid with imagery and humour.Its a keeper.
Bom Bhole!
Roshan
The Crazed Writer (Poetry) - 10/24/2006 5:20:01 PM
This is so meaningful I was off to meetings all day so missed this one. Says so much and means so much..... Thank you.
Fate Awaits (Poetry) - 10/22/2006 3:57:34 PM
This is amazing poem.Blended with profound philosophy and spiritually lifting as if on a hot air baloon.You rock!And I love you and your Doolaliness!
Bom Bhole!
Roshan
Fate Awaits (Poetry) - 10/22/2006 2:24:14 PM
This is so uplifting and can tell you spent some time in meditation retreat............. Excellent
Peace & Light,
Joselyn
