Struck (Poetry)

It’s odd how beauty strikes / With an air deceptive and ordinary...

Still (Poetry)

Should I be / flung out / past the moon…

All I’ve Got (Poetry)

...All I need is a look / A nod, a quiet humming / And I’ll believe I hold a nook / A place of true belonging

Days Gone By (Poetry)

Days go by / and I don't think of you / at all / But then / I do / And I sigh

What Would I Give – Reading Corner

Christina Rossetti, by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti Our next reading is of What Would I Give, by Christina Rossetti. A woman well known for dwelling in her own angst, Rossetti weaves a desire for a softening and renewal of her heart in this deceptively simply series of questions that leave the reader pondering. I … Continue reading What Would I Give – Reading Corner →

So close (Poetry)

We are so close / yet so far / I wonder if you will be as I dreamed / or as you are.

The Only Constant (Poem)

I am layered and finessed with / years and philosophy, / doctrine and ideology, / youth and sexuality.

Who Am I?

Originally from Australia, I am a twenty-something Assistant Language Teacher living in Japan. I came here to live something different and that's what I do everyday. I'm at work full time, but my free time exceeds my on time and I often find myself searching for something to do. While I suppose I could read or … Continue reading Who Am I? →