
The sun in stillness,
frost lingering on the grass —
shafts of winter warmth
Copyright Francis 2021

The sun in stillness,
frost lingering on the grass —
shafts of winter warmth
Copyright Francis 2021

My heart in the wood,
dreaming of a peerless sky
while a pine cone falls
Copyright Francis 2021

Cold easterly wind
bringing snow and lurid light —
starlings gathering

A light returning
through the greying firmament.
The cat is outside
Copyright Francis 2021
I read a book by Rainer Maria Rilke some time ago called Letters to a Young Poet. There is a passage that I came across today that I feel the need to share here with you: “Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms […]
Some thoughts about Rilke, writers’ block and creativity — Writer of Words, etc