Daily Appreciation and Exploration of Poesy. The Flea - John Donne. Nicholas Cricket - Joyce Maxner. The Stolen Child - W B Yeats. A Good Year Down - Jeni Olin. A, black velvety jacket of brilliant flies. Which buzz around cruel smells,. Gulfs of shadow; E, whiteness of vapours and of tents,.

Still I Rise - Maya Angelou. You may write me down in history. With your bitter, twisted lies,. You may trod me in the very dirt. Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns,. With the certainty of tides,. Just like hopes springing high,. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Moreover, the Moon - -.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Keep me in your thoughts. In some deserted corner of your head. I shall keep you company. Let lovers have their passionate kisses. Stolen glances , their privacy. You and me , we are beyond. Sweet nothings and pretty poetry. Keep me in your thoughts. Sunday, December 15, 2013. Living in dreams all night , all day. Her pain , her anguis.

There was a young queen who suffered from frequent night terrors. One day she realized she was pregnant. She wanted her child to never feel fear or pain, so she went to her totem, the red dragon, and begged for assistance. The red dragon knew that the answer was to teach the young one to heal instead of to avoid pain. However, the queen would not be appeased with this solution.