Pix to Words Podcast

His was a visage of ice Cold, chiseled A frosty burn to the touch Which not even the fire Of his desire Could melt It protected him It destroyed him It hardened him It betrayed him For anyone could see Just below the surface The heat his coldness Would never emit ------------------------- About the Photograph: Glass Bust Andrews' Office Taken on set for The Good Doctor, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T...

The pickup passes Flicking a long tail of dust Which prairie winds Spread like golden icing Across a latent landscape Under sunset sky Farmland is always a realm Of hope and promise And possibility While also of heartbreak And tragedy and ruin As is any venture reliant On the whims of nature A single storm defines The outcome of an entire season For good or ill Is saviour or saboteur Or, as here,...

She reclines on the porch swing Sways with gentle breezes She loves this spot Overlooking the bay Always the picture of calm Even if the sky threatens rain Artful reflections Flow over glassy waters The ominous clouds tempered As the wash of a watercolour On which her mind paints Stories of transformation In the morning A mug of americano Vapour wafting  With the scent of roasted bean Then the gar...

Some thought her broken Even brittle But all the brittle Had broken away In countless storms What remained Was hardened Tenacious She'd shed many facades Until what was left Was what she chose To keep She kept nothing For perfunctory friendships Or pettiness Able to withstand any hardship She chose carefully What to stand for And who Content in gentleness She suffered no one Who drove hard upon he...