Monthly Archives: July 2010

Violence:

Posted on July 24, 2010 by The Survivor Chronicles

After Reading Jane Kenyon’s “Happiness” There’s just no accounting for violence or the way it charms you like a snake who comes back to the soft of your underbelly having fanged it so many other times. And why do you … Continue reading →

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The Pattern

Posted on July 20, 2010 by The Survivor Chronicles

Curled beneath the coverlet cocooned in quilted down I fight the heavy tug of sleep with all my edges honed. Watery moonlight thins the darkness pooled in every corner. Shadows puddle on the ceiling drawn with clumsy charcoal fingers. My … Continue reading →

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Sitting with the green man

Posted on July 18, 2010 by The Survivor Chronicles

Sere leaves have conquered the summer’s grass. I have listened to the hissing of their subtle flames. I have seen no smoke from the green man’s altar, none from my hearth. Dun clouds have smothered the summer’s blue. I have … Continue reading →

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