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How do you translate silence onto the page? I hear nothing but ringing in my ears. My brain feels numb. I want to write, but words surface in scrambled nonsense. I cannot put together anything that makes sense. Thoughts jump from … Continue reading →

In the stillness of first light before the birds sing, while my love slumbers in silence beside me, words come rapidly with beauty and clarity, with humor and poignancy, without abandon. The writer within is free! The internal editor is … Continue reading →

My mother was always throwing important “things” (translation: treasures) away during spring and fall housecleaning.  In my mind she clearly did not understand the significance of a saved stone or a dried, crumbling collection of pressed leaves stored in a … Continue reading →

dwindling afternoon sun casts long shadows on sand connects with water’s edge tide lapping at shadows fading last rays of sun become one with the sea K K McClelland June 14, 2004

silence breaks slow autumn rain. sun struggles through dark cumulus clouds. raindrops, competing with silence, drip from lichen covered tree branch. K K McClelland October 19, 2002

It hangs over me like a cloud haunting me to pick up my pen to write words till I get it all down. But I procrastinate. Must that cloud burst and spill all those memories onto the page before I … Continue reading →