After Midnight Ramblings

Well sometimes poets write stuff they just gotta get out even though it's probably shite. This is one of those times. It itches inside if I don't publish my scribblings somewhere and this time the blog gets to bear the brunt of that onslaught.

~*~

If the rain falls hard
and the demons cry,
let the wolves be there
and run with winter.
If the thunder of
the dangers of youth's inclined
to remind us yet again -
then hold your ground.
Can tomorrow be salvation?
Doesn't matter -life is now
and all you have to do
to soar this time,
is to let yourself fly.

~*~

Long Night till Dawn

I should be sleeping soon, I really should. Unfortunately I'm a night owl and always have been. Doesn't matter when I get up in the morning, nine times out of ten I still have to force myself to head for the sack before dawn. There's always something I want to do whether it's tinkering with my art or if it's reading or writing.

Speaking of those elusive words -I was so happy the other day when I finally managed to write a bit for Memoirs de Mort, but since then the muses have gone quiet again. All I have on my page is a half encounter with an M-16, and that's not even for said novel. I suck at writing with hope. I need a mission, a reason, an incentive. Knowing I might get published once I finish the damn thing just doesn't cut it with me. I want to know that the work is not in vain. Stupid, but that's me.

Black and White Photo Series

If you like black and white photography you may consider this an early Christmas present -what do I know. Anyway, I felt like putting together a few pieces of b&w for your visual enjoyment. The photos are all taken in Abisko, which is in the Northern most part of Sweden, except for the last one that I just wanted to include, that's from Gothenburg.

Have a good one and enjoy!

Winter Passing

A Holiday Card of Light and Warmth

And to all a Merry Christmas

Or whatever you people celebrate. :-) I celebrate the chance to be up in the North and with my family. Here is a small Christmas offering for you. You can send it to someone or just look at the pretty. It's icy and snowy up here above the polar circle. It's been raining and snowing and thawing and freezing, all in a merry Christmas game. I've been working my ass off for the last two days and night, but now it's time for solace and peace. Have a good holiday!

Free css Christmas winter layout.

Yup. -Here it is. If you want it, you can use it. Take it from the working sample site in usual order or send me a message and I'll help you out. Please leave the copyright image intact.
Happy holidays!

Beautiful North!

I'm back in Kiruna for the holidays. Last week I spent at my new job, working as an AD at a children's wares supplier in Gothenburg. Great place and very fulfilling assignment.

Anyway -I arrived just in time to watch the sunset yesterday. My fingers itched to reach for my camera, but alas I lent it to my sister for her impromptu visit to the US.

Otherwise my writing is working again and I'm also doing a last minute Christmas/winter layout for my blog. I thought maybe I'd let you guys use this one as well, if anyone is interested. More info in my next post.

Leaving, parting ways, saying goodbye

I have a flair for the dramatic and my poems often reflect that. Poetry lends itself well to sad and serious subjects and who am I to defy the muses? Many of my poems are about parting ways. Either bittersweet goodbyes or spiteful divorces seems to be par for the course. It's not the only stuff I write about, but it does seem to get more than its fair share of attention. Might have something to do with my reading material... Anyway, here's another old poem for your perusal. Think I wrote it in '05, if I'm not mistaken and I can't for the life of me remember the title, but here it is anyway. Enjoy!

~*~

The times of gold and light
when we were in one mind -
I treasure them darling,
believe nothing else,
but we need to leave them behind.

The nights we spent just talking
and the days in excited bliss -
I remember them clearly,
believe nothing else,
they are something I will miss.

But nothing can last forever
and I have a drifter’s soul -
the winds in my heart are shifting,
I can do nothing else,
but leave to make me whole.

Maybe tomorrow will be
a different story for you and me,
but today is the day
when I’ll start to drift away.

In a year you won’t know my touch
like you used to know it.
In a day I won’t speak as I once spoke.
But when you think I’ve abandoned you,
believe nothing else -
I love you and I’ve loved you
and I will love you constantly,
even when we’re drifting apart.

~*~

Details for another css blog layout

Click for a bit larger version (not original). I like making these css layout designs for blogs. It's very fun and relaxing. This one exists in one pink and one purple version. The pink one I like especially because it's such a fun and girly layout.