Before heading into this post I recommend reading part one of “Love, Passion and Creativity”, if you haven’t already done so, as I’ve laid the foundation in that post for what’s to follow. Time is a curious thing. I’ve written about it before but I want to mention it here again in the context of …
So there’s been a lapse again on Alternate:Words. What was once intended to be a regular personal blog filled with creative writings has turned into skipping entire months without updates. It was time for me to take a deeper look at the reason(s) for this and what I have to share may be helpful to …
Gateways, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Alas, I have been severely slacking again. I would have liked to present a great reason for the lack of activity – working on a book that’s almost finished now, some new compositions that I wanted to complete – but it is non thereof. Instead I have spent quite …
For cherry blossoms, new life, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. The trist of winter Has the dragonfly in its grip My heart is aching Praying for spring miracle For cherry blossoms, new life © Thorsten Becker I’ve deviated from my Wednesday/Sunday posting cycle as I simply couldn’t find my words. Any catastrophe touches me but …
Tossing and turning, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. The clock chimed twelve As the midnight sun Eerily spun A twilight web Across slate gray night At that hour I approached the gate Wide and great Leading to mind’s garden Of flashing dendrite Stepping into, walking through I felt my soul entwine Wrapped in deep dark vine …
An echo in time, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. There is time, more than enough time, yet there is barely any left. The noise of this world is getting louder, drowning out the songs, those sweet songs, reverberating in time. I close my eyes, I dream. The mist of time envelops me and there they are, …
Spring glances with sleepy eyes, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Blue sky, first warm rays Spring glances with sleepy eyes Across silent lands Dreaming in Winter’s bed Of life’s intense colors © Thorsten Becker My first attempt at a tanka, a genre of Japanese Waka (poetry) of which I had not heard before — at …
