The Lure of Blue
July 8, 2015
Ultramarine uplifts our eyes It lightens towards the horizon So many hues of aqua Ink, navy, teal, slate, seagreen Azure is this planets life sign 8th of July 2015 Copyright by Andrea Connolly
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Tall Ships Drogheda Midsummer 2015
June 22, 2015
. . SAILORS AT PORT Drogheda on Midsummer 2015 Like sentinels They stood On rigged sail´s ropes Watchful from above While swarms of White smoke flew by And dissipated before The blue canvas . We looked up As to bird´s nests in clouds Waiting for them to fly Longing to be swapped To their … More Tall Ships Drogheda Midsummer 2015
Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day Five
June 16, 2015
Hoisting the Sails From all the adventures of my youth I only seem to miss the sailing trips in Holland. To be under canvas to one of those sandy shored islands was brilliant, a respite from everyday trials and oppressions. The images of ships and boats came with me, forming my growing, my dreams and … More Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day Five
Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day Four
June 15, 2015
With all your Strength Sometimes you have to give it all. With all your strength you have to pull the rope. Perchance others will help you, peradventure others depend on your bravery. Whichever way you see it, if you are the one hoisting the great sail, it takes you out there, where the great expanse … More Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day Four
Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day Three
June 14, 2015
Under the Azure Sky Now and then you would have a golden October. The winds would have a sunny break. Clouds would disappear and leave us with the pure azure overhead. I would lie on deck, looking upwards, a perspective of utmost joy, the mast the centre, the ropes fanning out of view before the … More Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day Three
Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day Two
June 13, 2015
Sailing This two-master was my home for a week in autumn, year after year, for more than a decade. The tides would command our rhythm of days. We had to sail together or we would never leave a port. Steering the ship was my delight, yet I enjoyed every handiwork with the sails, the rigging, … More Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day Two
Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day One
June 12, 2015
The Lure of the Sea There was this yearning deep inside as I grew up in the French tinted part of Germany, south west, in the valley of the Rhine. My eyes would follow the river barges with longing imagining all the way to where they reached the sea. We had beautiful forests and … More Five Photos, Five Days Challenge: Day One
Summer Micropoem
April 27, 2015
Petals:
sails … More Summer Micropoem
Making Waves – Writing My First Novel ©By Andrea Connolly
March 18, 2015
http://www.writing.ie/tell-your-own-story/making-waves-writing-my-first-novel-by-andrea-connolly/ Making Waves: Writing My First Novel by Andrea Connolly Article by Andrea Connolly ©. Posted in the Magazine (Tell Your Own Story: Writing & Me, Tell Your Own Story). Make Your Submission to Writing & Me To write was always an act of life for me. A conscious move towards the world of the … More Making Waves – Writing My First Novel ©By Andrea Connolly
Pearl Rose
February 4, 2015
Pearl Rose By rose´s golden fragrance of dew Petals in powdery breaths Whisper to each other: Bloom late! Coiled in spirals, the rope Tied in a sailor´s knot around The cross, the stalk, centred Sails folded on towed vessels By fishermen, rigged at dawn A beautiful day at the ocean Iridescence, washed opal Turtle shells, … More Pearl Rose
