Writing Advice (by Rainer Maria Rilke)

“Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most...

Flames of Fall (poem)

      Flames of Fall Reds and golds dripping The equinox dance begins Flames dying on land © prasanta September 2017     “Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” -Jim Bishop    ...

Cinquains (poems)

  Phases Leaves drift separated torn from solid branches glorious even in death– dreams endure. © prasanta September 2017     Begin Winter will find its rest when morning arrives and the sun makes us forget what aches. Begin…. © prasanta...

Summer’s Lease…

Summer’s lease hath all too short a date…  —- Shakespeare, Sonnet 18           The House Was Quiet And The World Was Calm     The house was quiet and the world was calm.     The reader became the book; and summer night    ...

Piano Music (An Update)

Remember back in January, when I wrote about resolutions?  Well, maybe you thought I forgot. Or maybe you forgot. Or maybe you don’t even know what in the world I’m talking about. That’s ok. I’ll remind us all. 🙂 Back in January, I wrote about...

Beauty and Bread

  Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. — John Muir     Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu     Look deep into...

From Seed to Giant

  A tiny sequoia tree seed, above, can grow into a small young plant, like the one below.   That small plant can grow into a towering giant, like this one:   It isn’t the tallest tree (Redwoods are taller) but in terms of mass and volume, it is...