Haiku: Easterly Wind

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Cold easterly wind
bringing snow and lurid light —
starlings gathering

Haiku: Light Returning

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A light returning
through the greying firmament.
The cat is outside

Copyright Francis 2021

Thought for the Day – 30 January – Depending Always on Jesus — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Thought for the Day – 30 January – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) Depending Always on Jesus “We must continue to trust in Jesus even when we have been guilty of imperfection or of sin.Sin, according to St Thomas Aquinas, is the denial of love and, therefore, of God, Who is charity.It places a […]

Thought for the Day – 30 January – Depending Always on Jesus — AnaStpaul

Some thoughts about Rilke, writers’ block and creativity — Writer of Words, etc (Reblog)

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

On Writing Better | Rainer Maria Rilke — (Reblog)

European poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) pursued a life of meaning through his writing. He studied with the greatest minds of the 20th century, from Rodin to Lou Andreas-Salomé, not only to learn how to write better, but to learn how to think, feel, and live like an artist.

On Writing Better | Rainer Maria Rilke —