Tag Archives: love

“Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.”

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Christine Irving

We just finished binging on True Detective, season one, with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.  The story line is flawed, but the character development, acting and directing is superb.  McConaughey’s character, Rustin Cohle is an existential nihilist.  It fascinated me, not … Continue reading →

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Eros

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Christine Irving

If I could start over, knowing what I know now, I would go back to school and study that endlessly fascinating, miraculous amalgam of bone and flesh, mind and psyche, soul and spirit – the body.  Not just my body.  … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo # 19 Landays

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Christine Irving

I hope you  all read the article on landays.  I’m fascinated on many levels but mostly by how ancient the form is.  I am so consistently amazed by how forms, symbols, ideas, customs persist through millennia. In spite of myriad … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo #16 Terzenelle

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Christine Irving

Who says poets don’t work hard? I feel liked I’ve walked ten miles. Almost caught up- will manage #12 some other day. It’s an easy one, thank Brigit (Celtic goddess of poetry).  This is such an interesting form though.  I … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo, Day Four – Love by Any Other Name…

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Christine Irving

I think there is a theme developing here!  An exploration of negative space á la poesy. Today it’s suggested we write a love poem without ever using the word “love” or employing any hackneyed phrases associated thereof. Here goes:   … Continue reading →

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Day 19 – Personal Ad

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Christine Irving

(This month my art blog, Two Twitch A Tale,  features Pandora’s Box so I couldn’t resist bring her into this challenge.  I’m also including one of my favorite love poems, written several years ago to my beloved.  First published in Sex … Continue reading →

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Day 17 – Second Greeting

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Christine Irving

Mantra   I love the way you reach for me when I slide out of bed – oh so quietly to read, pee or surf  because insomnia is a perk of ageing you’ve not yet claimed.  I actually like these … Continue reading →

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As Long As Women

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Christine Irving

“There is time only to work slowly.  There is no time not to love.–Deena Metzger.   As long as women sing to the ash and praise the sun pack their wounds with poetry and prose sculpt prayers in river clay … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Flash Mob for V-Day

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Christine Irving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WufjSyE_rK8 Wish I could be there dancing in the streets in body as well as soul, heart and mind. At least I can add my voice here to be counted among the one billion beautiful creatures. I love us, most precious … Continue reading →

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