Tag Archives: appreciation

Wind’s little sister

Wind’s lit­tle sis­ter, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. “Come chil­dren, come gather round, I want to show you some­thing,” mas­ter Wu Shi encour­aged his lit­tle pupils. “Do you know what this is?” he asked. “It’s a flute,” the chil­dren replied. “Oh yes, but it is much more than that. It is a mes­sen­ger. Can you …

27. February 2011 – 13:38 | By Thorsten | Posted in Prose | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (7)

Little things get easily lost

Lit­tle things get eas­ily lost, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Lit­tle things Get eas­ily lost Eas­ily bro­ken Eas­ily dis­re­garded Dis­carded Thrown by the way­side To the curb­side Child­hood mem­o­ries Of lit­tle toy planes Held between two fin­gers Chas­ing the clouds away Of lit­tle plas­tic ani­mals Con­vers­ing in a gar­den of child­hood bliss And later than …

1. February 2010 – 08:05 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , | Comments (12)

I walk beneath silver light

I walk under­neath sil­ver light, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. I am but a shadow, a shadow amongst shad­ows, fleet­ing, hush­ing along in dark­ness still. And yet, moon bright, guid­ing light, watches my path even when I hide under­neath the cover of the night. I am here, I am gone, noth­ing but foot­prints lead­ing towards …

3. May 2009 – 21:39 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Prologue

A book can’t crash, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. I stare into the void. It is a strange and pecu­liar void, one that is a per­fect flat sur­face, radi­at­ing bril­liantly with mil­lions of col­ors, assault­ing my senses, over­whelm­ing my eyes, burn­ing deep into my retina. I am trans­fixed but I can­not con­nect, I can­not feel, …

8. April 2009 – 23:24 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

Appreciation

Appre­ci­a­tion, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. ap·pre·ci·a·tion n. 1.Recognition of the qual­ity, value, sig­nif­i­cance, or mag­ni­tude of peo­ple and things. 2. A judg­ment or opin­ion, espe­cially a favor­able one. 3. An expres­sion of grat­i­tude. 4. Aware­ness or del­i­cate per­cep­tion, espe­cially of aes­thetic qual­i­ties or val­ues. 5. A rise in value or price, espe­cially over time. From …

19. June 2008 – 18:53 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Blotches and strokes

Blotches and strokes, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Paint the sky with bright col­ors. Add blotches and strokes And spat­ters and drib­bles. Let nature’s fine art Inspire your heart. © Thorsten Becker

5. February 2008 – 11:03 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)