Did you ever wonder why life can sometimes be ever so brutal, ever so unkind, ever so unloving and uncool? Some say it comes from an ego playing a game of blame and hate. Others say it comes from not allowing our souls the privilege of being loved. I suspected that our beloved Albert Einstein…
Category: Poetry
How we benefit from the expressive arts
This summer I become indulged in hosting and facilitating poetry workshops in and around the city of Barcelona and was reminded yet again, under a new guise, the power in the art of poetry. For the past decade, my indulgence was in the art of creating and the art of writing itself. And when that…
A poem from the park
This week I would love to share with you a secret park. In fact the secret is not the park itself, since it occupies a large area of the city centre. But what is secret is that it is not alone. It has the flavour of a magic park, even when it appears so simple….
Another Sant Jordi, another poem
@->->– Here we are again, another year, another book and another spectacular moment to celebrate Sant Jordi – the day of the lovers – in Barcelona. As it stands, the 23rd April is still the most romantic day of the year, where men and women all over the city exchange books for roses to honour…
Spreading love this Valentine’s Day
For the sake of curiosity, this week I couldn’t help but sit down, take a look at Valentine’s Day and wonder what it was all about. Then I discovered that according to the history books, it originated in ancient Rome when an Emperor decided that married soldiers weren’t as effective as unmarried ones, so he…
Let’s Join Together in a Verse of Happiness
Whilst I was at the beach last month I decided I’d set myself a daily task of writing a verse. What this task did was guide me to the people, places and pages that opened my heart to my blessings. Now what I’m going to do is share those blessings with you to urge you on…
Finding a new sweet at Barcelona’s Poetry week
I recently caught myself looking at a full sized casting of a grandiose figure who’d claimed the name The Poet. It was in fact the accomplished sculptor Augusten Rodin that conceived this sensational nude male resting deep in thought back in 1880. Since then the figure has lost his original titlage and gained not only…
From the greatest lover on Sant Jordi
As I made my way to Farmacia Barcelona on the acclaimed Passeig de Gracia, I noted the entire street filled with books and roses. Of course, a romantic never forgets Sant Jordi, a most important day in the Catalan calendar. The day, as it ought to be, is set in stone as its tradition stems…
A Poem From the Barcelona Beach
When the sun is sweltering She invites us to jump in, When we can’t stop flapping She jokes and keeps splashing. When our pastries join on She feeds us her sand song, When we bare no more thirst She frames the way as headfirst. When we tell her our secrets She says they have a…