Wordwitch
“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say” ~ Anais Nin
This is How You’ll know That I’m Yours.
My Love, never doubt what lies in my heart for you. I could shower you with gifts and deliver a meadow full of flowers, but it would hardly express what keeps me awake at night while you sleep. Do you know that the sight of your face, peaceful in sleep, breaks my...
Neruda and Poindexter Quotes to Share with a Lover.
Two poets that leave my heart pounding are the late Pablo Neruda and the contemporary Christopher Poindexter. I know some about the first and nearly nothing about the second. Each pierce my soul with their words. I find myself scribbling down verses of poetry onto...
The Dark Moon in August; Embrace your Shadow Side.
The Dark Moon is waxing to the New Moon, August 14, 2015. Someone told us that we should be afraid of our darkness. Who was it? We were not born with an instinct for shying away from our shadow side. We were taught to leave the darkness where it lay. I love the...
Give me a Lover with Dark heat in his Eyes.
Show me a man who leaves nothing to chance Who marks his prey with a kiss on the lips Leaving them panting, dripping with desire I want a man whose love leaves a scar I want you to love me until my bones ache with memories of you Until the ocean heaves itself upon the...
An Unconventional Lover For Aquarius
I am blessed to have so many Aquarians in my life. My Scorpio nature is drawn to the original, unpredictable sign. Aquarius moves in mysterious ways. Whatever their path, Aquarius will always be shifting independently of rational reason, following its erratic planet...
This Sweet Dog Found a Home after Being chained for 10 Years.
I’ve cried so many tears during the last week over the senseless killing of Cecil the Lion. When stories of animal cruelty appear, I am often so sickened by them that I cannot even bear to read them or view the videos. Intellectually I understand that awareness brings...
Men Don’t Leave This Kind of Woman.
“Find a woman who makes you feel more alive. She won’t make life perfect, but she’ll make it infinitely more interesting. And then love her with all that’s in you.” ~ Gayle G. Roper A long time ago, when I was still new to the world of men, I heard someone say that...
The Celtic Festival of Lammas; Seeds of Abundance
Lammas, the Celtic festival of the seed harvest, falls at the end of July and beginning of August in the Northern hemisphere. It’s the one festival in the turn of the wheel that seems to slip by me if I am not careful. The summer days are long and sultry at this time...
The Day I almost Drowned my Daughters. A Mother’s Confession.
We all have them—all mothers, that is. Those days that we wish we could erase from time and our memories. Days that mark our soul as frightening recollections of moments that almost ended our children’s lives. This day was like any other in that it began peacefully:...
Aquarius the Non-conformist and the Full Blue Moon
I carry the Sun In a golden cup And the Moon In a silver bag ~ W.B. Yeats. By some definitions, the full moon on July 31st is blue; it is called this because it is the second full moon in one month. By an older definition, if there are four full moons in an...
