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Belgrade and Kiev, Warsaw and Tears

Posted on April 2, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Peace escapes us all. While the world watched innumerable invading armies laid waste to these cities of antiquity these places where dreams were born and legacies were suckled these places where inhumanity marched for centuries, like an ugly snag in … Continue reading →

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Fool’s Day

Posted on April 1, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

April Green again? My lover hates the brown Earth and stark trees While I yearn for everything to be swaddled in white. Peaceful, quiet white. Tomorrow the robins will show their freckled faces and poke holes around the weeds in … Continue reading →

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Cheeky Angels

Posted on March 30, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Love sets off a Super Nova, particles hurtling beyond the galaxy, straight into enveloping space, black as the ink of my pen. How luminous it is, as my regret loses its gravity and my doubt ceases to exist. How brilliant … Continue reading →

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Clint Mansell – The Nursery (Moon OST) – YouTube

Posted on March 30, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

A lullaby for the young at heart, determined to find rest and sleep.

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Clint Mansell – Not At Home – Youtube

Posted on March 29, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Melancholy and quiet, just the way I like it sometimes.

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Jackson Browne – For Everyman (Full Album) 1973- YouTube

Posted on March 29, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

“Don’t confront me with my failures, I have not forgotten them.”

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Shepherd’s Crook

Posted on March 25, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

The camera doesn’t love me, but you do. I could be bleary eyed and drooling and you would still lend a steadying hand, like a sheperd’s crook, to that wobbly and weary me. Humans are such funny little animals, and … Continue reading →

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the hum will become one

Posted on March 23, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

When the birds sing, their voices amplified by the running of sap and the eagerly beating wings of bees, the  sickle Moon hangs in a mottled sky, waiting. It won’t be long until scattered clouds and the rings of Saturn … Continue reading →

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The Journey

Posted on March 23, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Time was I hopped, hurlyburly up on top of a giant banana leaf. All greeny and sheeny, I sailed it away from drudgery and its teeth . I wanted to fly but the water was high, splashing around in my … Continue reading →

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Come As You Are

Posted on March 16, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Crackling old records and tangled old tapes make up our tough onion skin and the rings that hold us together but they don’t have to. We can discard them like leaflets that promise prosperity or jars of snake oil we’ve … Continue reading →

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