Sometimes life leaves you wordless. You drift in obligations or little multiplied tasks. You grasp for every syllable. You slide through the mud of lost words. Until you sit with yourself and listen. Your heart still beats. You pick up your pen and write your name. One word. The beginning of all that was lost. […]
Invisible threads connect us in time-storms to our loved ones on this windswept day and blue-moon night. 31.10.2020 Halloween © By #AndreaCConnolly
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Open letter to all I deeply care for My dear All of a sudden we were stopped in our tracks, the ones that we were used to take. We stand on our own now, sometimes wobbly, sometimes strong. Hanging our heads would be giving in to the gravity. And…
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? St. Brigid´s Cross, Sea grass, handmade – photograph by Andrea Connolly ? Reeds her home Sea grass her cloak She weaves And breathes life In brokenness Brigid upon the isle . ©By Andrea Connolly #AndreaCConnolly #Lore #Saints #Folklore
What is in a word? The difference between speaking and being silent The importance of sounding right The essence of connecting or disengagement A word can be heard when someone listens A word can be read if someone sees A word needs senses to understand and to be understood A word can heal or […]
The mystic blackforest The sky threw a shroud Too flimsy to cover it all The colourful tree tops That root in brooked valleys Thread autumn to grey-cold The gust of wind-strewn Time-worm ochre, sienna Tinged sap and wine This is the fabric of fairy-tales 30.10.2018 © By Andrea Connolly
Through my eyes my soul flies to glints of reflection. A mosaic opens a window that is there and is not there. Drawn to an artists impression of a crowned lady. Connection in my heart to our lady. Angels flutter and kneel. The king, the queen, human beings and yet not so much. An image […]
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I hope you haven’t lost someone, Andrea. This is heartfelt.
Spoilt, I have to say, by the crass advertising WP has stuck before the last line of the poem. You won’t see it unless you go out of WP and back in like an outside reader. I hate it when they do that.
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O Jane, I only see that now. Had to have a silent time. My Godmother /aunt died. It affected me deeply. Time went by differently. There were clouds of words and feelings stuck. Hope you are well! Andrea
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Coincidence. My Godmother/aunt’s husband died suddenly in June. It’s hard being separated from people you care about at times of grieving.
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Yes, the feeling of closeness while in separation due to the pandemic hurts.
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In a way, I think my godmother was thankful she didn’t have all the hordes of commiserating friends and relatives she would normally have had. Nothing can console, especially not other people’s tears.
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I’m sorry for your loss, Jane
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It was a shock. Still hard to believe.
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You need time…
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You get used to it in the end, like everything.
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Yes, and now and then we are thrown back, in gratefulness.
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🙂
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Come back for a second look and the ads have gone. Poofff. Magic.
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Thank you Jane for looking at my words. I’m so grateful. Please keep writing your beautiful words as well. Andrea
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My pleasure, Andrea 🙂 I’ve decided to put some of my poems in a chapbook. Coming out soon. I have too many to just pretend I haven’t written them.
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And you have thr choice between many gems you wrote, Jane!
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I’ve only used new ‘gems’ so it will be a surprise for everyone.
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Let me know
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I received the proof copy today and signed it off. The colours in the cover aren’t exactly what I wanted but they never do correspond to the original so I’m letting it go. I hope the print copy will be available on the 27th with the Kindle version.
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Looking forward to seeing your colours, Jane!
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I realise now that they’re almost the colours of my old school uniform…
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