If someone claims you will never succeed, fail only to listen, for when you prove them wrong, it shall be the sweetest failure you will ever know. Gently merge to side by side. A steady glow, reflections cast. Across the waters of our souls. Along the path, this light brings joy. And warms the chill of false starts passed. A comfort shared, this magic gift. Thoughts intertwine when given time. When hearts are clear the beauty lasts.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012. A Thing for Words has moved Please follow me to my new Home! I have moved A Thing for Words to its new Wordpress home here. I hope all of you followers of the old blog will follow me there. Saturday, February 11, 2012.

Come and find me where the wild roses grow. My hesitation stems from not being a person who is particularly self-pitying. Sometimes dark thoughts just need a little light to turn them into dust motes. Which brings me to my point.

Carpe Noctem Quod Tempus Fugit! March 15, 2018. The BeZine has moved to a quarterly format this year and the first issue. There are lots of good reads in this one, with 58 pieces by 30 contributors! One of my contributions. Birthed in the minds of power-mad men,. Forged in the mouth of a dark thundercloud,. My sole purpose to kill,. I make murder a thrill;.

Nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands. OR SCREAM IN ALL CAPS. Or if you need a prompt you can check out one of the past prompts, like the Shadorma. The bar is open just for you.

Pull up a chair and relax. This is where I write, with my eyes. Stay as long as you like. Slow down and pay attention friends. There are more battles being waged than you know.

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Shadows, dark and devouring, lurking on every street. Friday, 27 December 2013. The Rucksack Project, Bradford. One day early in November my wife, Ally. Approached me with tears in her eyes. One of her friends had posted The Rucksack Project video. On a Facebook group that she belongs to and it had moved her profoundly. She asked me to watch it and I did. Within minutes we had agreed that we needed to create a Rucksack Project event near to home.

Friday, August 7, 2015. This will be the last post here on Verse Escape till further notice. If I return to the world of blogging, it will most likely be at some other site and some future unknown time. Still, for now I am leaving the blog up for those who might want to revisit it, and in case events at some point change my mind. We will meet again, if only when I read your own words.