The question of the old house
The house is taciturn. Secrets have settled under the dust. You left in the middle of December leaving a mug of tea, a half read magazine and washing up shipwrecked in the sink. The innards of the house lie in piles outside the front door like discarded offal. The ghost of a Brahms sonata sighs […]
Cast adrift
Cast adrift Where’s the script? What’s it about? Who’s got the best part? How does it end? Pointless asking such questions, it’s a mystery play. We actors must just improvise, the director has lost the plot.
Any Questions
A barnacle gosling doesn’t ask Why? as it plunges four hundred feet from the safety of its nest. The honk of its mother is enough. Fall or starve, says evolution without thought or sentiment. Is there time for philosophy before gravity has had its say? A moment of relief? For us, maybe; for the geese […]
Day 19. Questions
Here’s Billy Collins with ‘Questions About Angels’: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176044 See how he asks one question then allows his imagination to run with the idea? Questions.