Tag Archives: breath

Present (Tense)

Posted on January 24, 2019 by anotetohuguette

It’s hard when truth lies beaten and bloody upon the ground, gasping its last breath and words that meant everything, are falling from tainted lips. We are lost, drowning in kaleidoscope worlds of our own making, wanting to breathe in … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged breath, courage, false news, hope, loss, love, nature, presence, prophecy, rise, tainted, tension, time, truth, winter | 42 Comments

Rising, Falling

Posted on April 5, 2018 by anotetohuguette

“ So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.” – E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly It’s the last day of winter and it feels like I might never write again … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged beauty, books, breath, cafe, change, falling, family, grief, living, revel, rising, self-care, Spring, tea, wild, writing | 40 Comments

Flashback

Posted on March 9, 2018 by anotetohuguette

An unwanted visit to a forgotten childhood realm overcomes me as I walk upon a muddied path between bird-filled hedgerow and crumbling cement – the quiet softness of winter-dark broken by laboured breath running against time, hopping over fences and cutting … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged breath, bully, childhood, healing, heart, International Women's Day, life, memory, nightmare, path, PTSD, running, school, strength, survivor, winter | 23 Comments

Turbulence

Posted on August 25, 2017 by anotetohuguette

She walked with a train of midnight-hued crows in her wake, her ear to the wind and the silently growing things, alert to any aberration in her world… There is a sickness creeping over the land, … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged breath, climate change, crows, forest, green, grief, growth, life, light, nature, poetry, shadow, turbulence, wind, yin and yang | 36 Comments

Deep Water

Posted on March 14, 2017 by anotetohuguette

I find myself in deeper water lately no longer on the shore, bare toes finding purchase upon cool sand, instead I’m treading luminous blue hoping with each breath that I don’t drown. Drown among the slippery tendrils of seaweed in colours of … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged beach, breath, cradle, deep water, eyes, family, jellyfish, life, light, mother, sand, seaweed, student, surfacing, yoga | 38 Comments

Realm

Posted on December 13, 2016 by anotetohuguette

Tell me, please, where do you dwell? Is it between soundbites and currency struggling to find your place, your very breath at the edges of the life you were meant to live? Is it between the messy earthly imperfection and … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged armor, books, breath, castle, children, dragon, fairy tale, hawks, heaven, life, poetry, society, time, war, winter | 19 Comments