(It’s a very different kind of love story than the ones we’re used to these days) After I read the poem to my class, we drew pictures of Kali dancing on Shiva’s heart, tongue hanging out, eyes wide and white, a different weapon or a demon conk in each her many hands, skulls...
We didn’t see Negan’s face either, so that quiet promise of taking everything back, combined with the sight of his vengeful eyes, left more than a few fearing for what was to come. At that time, Negan definitely believed he was going to be reclaiming the world for himself once again...
“The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.” Matthew 13:45-46 The clamor slowly subsided at the Toyosu fish market auction on New Year’s Day in 2019 after a new reco...
Write a “then-now” poem about a place that has been changed by “development”. Write a question poem to a common object, using all the interrogatives – what, who, where, when, how (much, many, often […]), why; for example, a plastic bag, a T-shirt, a mobile phone, a pi...
Iris enters and Silas quickly puts the picture down, wiping away tears and Iris explains that the lab belongs to her father and she had left her English literature homework there. Promising to leave Silas alone, Iris collects her homework and starts to leave, before changing her mind and ...
Walking away from Jesus would be the easier option. Yet, Nicodemus chooses to remain in relationship. Though confused, Nicodemus seeks enlightenment. His is a faith seeking understanding; to make sense of signs and wonders that just do not seem to add up. Like Nicodemus, we often struggle to...
- A.R. Ammons,A Poem is a Walk "I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god." - Bruce Chatwin,In Patagonia "I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I ...
Everyday I walk myself into a state of well being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to ...
It gets farther and farther away. Today walking alone, I meet it everywhere I step. It is the same as me, yet I am not it. Only if you understand it in this way Will you merge with the way things are." - Tung-Shan “Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pi...