Learning to Fly

I once read a book by a guy who turned fifty, went to circus camp trained to be a trapeze artist most difficult lesson to learn was to let go of the bar simple concept; if you don’t let go you don’t fly the metaphor…

Poem 23: The Terror

In the winter of 1849 – or so we think – the wooden bones of The Terror were finally broken. Encroaching ice claimed this stubborn blight on a wild frozen sea without remorse. Those still seeking its shelter were doomed to walk stark glacial landscapes…