Tag Archives: Rebirth

Survivor

Posted on November 1, 2010 by The Survivor Chronicles

The multiple troubles of man, my brother, like slander and pain, amaze you? Consider the heart which holds them all in strangeness, and doesn’t break. Shmuel HaNagid, Hebrew poet of Muslim Spain (993-1056) I am Yeats according to Auden. For … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 24, 2010 by The Survivor Chronicles

“In Just- Spring…”1 crocus are singing by the river Yellow purple striped with white they’re pre paring to take flight For Ruthann Godollei 1 e.e. cummings Juanita Garciagodoy says: “I was born and raised bilingual, bicultural, and binational in Mexico … Continue reading →

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My Journey to Me

Posted on August 20, 2010 by The Survivor Chronicles

I came to her a mess of snot and tears. My light was barely visible beneath the thick crusty muck of evil that had been smeared upon me. I huddled in the corner curled inward protecting that tiny flame. I … 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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