Dreamscape: Poetry, Paintings, and Writing.
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Moonlit Mist
Acrylic on Canvas © HMH, 2000
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About Critiques and Reviewers
Reviews can make or break an author. I believe that everybody, who publishes their writing, dreads their readers’ silence. No doubt, one can discuss whether a bad review is worse than total silence. My position is that a bad review can spark interest in a book (think Fifty Shades) just as much as a…
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Ireland
Green as Harp tones in the spring Liquid and soft like water spilling over the rim Grey cloud castles dissolve in mild vapour Or shatter drops on the fields Languor settles as pebbles rush and heave. Sea and earth meet As rainbows splitter the iridescence Tasting salt and sweet but Enveloping the hills in golden…
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Cliff Conversation
Aquarelle on Paper © HMH, 2000
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What makes a writer an author?
Somebody once said that it is good to be a hack. Why? Because hacks write. They have something to say and they say it. Someone also said Charles Dickens was a hack, writing his novels in weekly instalments. But people still love his books. Is that all it takes? Yes and no. As time…
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Like an Old Melody
Harmonious chords float in the air Blossoming like roses and Enveloping the listener in perfume. Memory plays wondrous tricks on Easily coined words and melodious phrases. Rich and soft, like terms of endearment Half-forgotten but brought to light To haunt and bewitch Old or intrinsic ideas, Never quite worn out but, Put away like…
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Thunder God
Acrylic on canvas © HMH, 2002
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Third Person Present-Tense?
I never stop wondering why so many authors take issue with third person, present-tense. I can understand that the claim that writing in present-tense is more demanding, for the reader as well as the author. Should that persuade any author to avoid writing in this way? The idea that present-tense restricts handling of time may…
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Departed
The body, bereft of life, Laid out beautifully: A handkerchief covers the face Flowers give perfume; The cross, suspended In the background, Lend caution or Admonition to The silent mourner. Questions amass but there are no answers The soul, gone, cannot turn back Lost in the wilderness of beyond. How can life go on while…
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Headland
Acryllic on Paper © HMH, 2000
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