Tag Archives: Family

MOTHER TONGUE

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Misha

I want to keep a conversation going but my words sound like recordings of past conversations, like the centuries stored up in the royal pronunciation, the stifled reruns of jokes that used to be funny, the shared frame of reference … Continue reading →

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Memory

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Misha

I was here when that chestnut was grown from a conker and the Paul’s Scarlet was a smaller thorny red spleen, before a time lapse could record every sunset and replay them in salmon and rose and golden and green. … Continue reading →

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Once upon a time

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Misha

There is an absence etched in this place of the jasmine that used to grow here and the bark of a dog that went mad and the innocence I insist was here, once. There is an absence imprinted on my … Continue reading →

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Love in action

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Misha

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Monday 13th April 2020 Before you read on, why don’t you take a moment to turn to John’s gospel with me – chapter 1, verses 1-18. As you do, pray that God will speak to you … Continue reading →

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