http://slow.writerscafe.org/Fayslimm The original writings of author Fay Slimm en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776043711 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15  Sensing. Between sips of wineand slender white candlesthey sat at a windowsharing the momenta man with a womansensing closenesson the brink of somethingbigger than thenand as everyone knowslove struck againwhen he gave her a rose.  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2818337/  One More. Potence of natureas sunlight warms watershows swarms in shallowsof tadpoling lifeall writhing to alterwriggle for hopso limbs metamorphizeturn tads to frogsby mysterious alchemic forcecausing one more wondrousreason for awe.  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2818121/  First Flush. From her first flush Spring trumpetswith full-throated daffodil-goldher vibrant welcome to loversof April's effective proposal of making new season pushher bud-bursting notions while  whispers blown  thru' each petal look to birth pale colourwhic.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2814587/ Knowingness.The soul does not sleep.What slumbers is knowingness.Awaking to better intentionsrevives stale relationships,   re-wires old circuitsand enlivens thespark of partnered  lives.  Igniting love's energy-lines brings not only fire  but sparks of new te.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2814434/ Before.I have walked here before.When or how I do not know but the feelof this place,grass-edged and daisyed resonates deepwithin my core.I have lain here before.How long ago I cannot tell but just whenyour head turnedsome time-caught veil fell then with oureye contact I saw.I have been yours before.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2814276/ Summers Ago.Summers of larks bred sun-tornwilderness flowers all round my colourful home and scented dialect of childhoodstill utters recollections of well-trodden roaming.In that haven of steep meadowssheaves leaned roasting among searing hot fieldsas hosts of moss roses fed nectar to butterflies w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2814170/ Never.My dearest faraway lover,forget me not,but do as I and pepper theparting with spiced-up memories sweetwith stolen time.Re-call those late morning smiles we twoshared after excitingly hotfore-playing nights or the ticklish grinswe always hadwhen we lathered our skin, and the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2814083/ A tale of the changes the tide makes. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2813420/    Happenings Gazing through shadow to uplit greenI see sycamore's golden-glint shadeslose a few leaves in fate's wind-cruisespin to watery disintegration, weavinganew destiny's shape-changing azure.  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Pool's silence b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2788869/   Ponderings. "Earth's vivacious multitudes have much to teachand we are but one design of thinking creatures." Who can imagine how stone feelsas it lies compressed into lumpsof mountainous matter,does it want to become livelierfragments againI wonder ? Who can realize moon .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2779432/ Love's Glow.The advent of love warms frozen sorenessin all stony hearts.Its melt-down uncovers the edges of icyunreadiness andtransforms cold into smiles more worthyof receiving sweetmoments of yield as love's benign freedomfans to high heatedflame that which once taken hold will neveragain allow fr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2775830/ The chosen image spoke inspiration and my pen followed the impact with these few words - -hope you enjoy. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2775618/   Sound. Ground shakesas massive breakers force reverberation. Blast boomson granite as vibration crashes in spume. Waves breakover ground gradation as din accelerates. Swell soundcracks as liquid hits rock and fall rebounds. Water weighttrapping soaked air roars w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2775346/   Changeling. Invisible dancer, Air moves with easebuoyantly changing its imprinton earth's waiting surface of seasons,windswept Air broadcasts fermentof mutating chicaneryby use of weathered uncertainty.Air creates dazzle-white sculptureswith sudden modified easeproducing from ice-la.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2775104/   Wakening. New events can at times mystifyeven the tidiest mind,turn topsy-turvy accepted norms,toss sky-highrespectable long held conclusions then jumblenormal routine until, irretrievably,balance tumbles.Change in events scramble a crazyunprepared brain,life appears altered, t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2775016/   Unrivaled. On sun-honeyed cottage walls another dayknocks and ousts from bed every duty-cladmother to wake snoring offspring and move bread-winning others.As whinny of sea-breeze shakes bud-dropon nearby trees gallop of bed-sheets leavesweating bodies, crumple floor-wards .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2773541/   Unreal. Shadowy movements of etherealmusic play nebulous gameswith light's lacy fingers, weavingwatery lines on sleepy lake.Tonight diaphanous curl of filmygrey smoke whispers its          liquid journey along growing dim          &n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2772189/  Listening. Whispers from wine-coloured moonlight have nowblighted old river grass.No-one will pass by this flood's blistering chorus offrustrated past outcry.The waters stay silted with years-long, war-searedbitterness as each ill-timedPeace talk crumbled to finish killed by conclusionsof.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2771939/   Conversion. Descent to despair can reachdarkest of worldsyet as shadow's mood leavesa new urge unfurls,awakes stirrings of Self, tiedto anticipation,beckons to sense held insidepainful failuresand as mind clears re-actioncreates conversion,shows rabid despair to havelasting reversal.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2769975/   Our Poem. Two sitting on dry sea-sandmuse on love's pull yetcover true feelingswith flippant asides as doubtbegets more goodbyes. Chances fly by while unstateddelay waits in the wingsand decisions waver with action-less silence thatfeeds on snatched tim.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2769326/   By Verse. Oh Muse, bearer of wisdom, may your wordswhich traverse the globeby verse affect attitudes, remove objections,enlighten egos, rock divisions,reunite misunderstandings and by power ofdigestion redirect whatthe populace thinks unassailable and forgets. May poetic energy.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2767296/   Mysterious. Hello shiny loop of post-shower Rainbow,you of mosaic-powered striated halo,and so sages told was sign of faith.Oh consummate sweep of bow-creation,who knows what day yourpromise appeared world-flood to negate. You, chased secreter of legendary gold,gigantic cr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2767123/   Sundayness.Afternoon yawns below lulled cobble streets as slow-Sunday-ness calls all cottage people.    Coast-swept valley folk stretch best-clad legsto hill-high chapels and headsbend to pray as Sunday-sea laps in summer,milk-mild and ripplelesswhile fat hinterland w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2766953/  Specialness. Ten buttercup summers agowoven- gilt strands spiraled abovedual attraction,moments fanned friendshipinto smoke of commitment andpassion strewedpetals on beds of sweet yield. Nine daisy seasons back wepicked scented happiness when,defences fallen,meadows of floral nectar .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2763067/   Storm-Demons. There are times when the ocean is noteven water  nor       blue sea but some violent explosion assummoned by Godsfor when bursting with over-keen roarof wind energyit swells then hurls itself over big rocksbiting to pieces shoreline v.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2762711/   Winnow The Wind.Soft as the cobwebs that dance the vine.Sweet as the droplets that dew the rose.Warm as the first taste of fruity red wineIs love which once relished sturdily grows. Harsh as raw winds in the willow's branch.Cold as the mountain stream's winter flow.Dry as the drough.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2762032/   December Sky. Stars like sparks splutter to bedas clouds catch fire.Smut-red lips of sultry sun kissmouldering night.In morning's shimmering glowwakes December sky. Year's motion sets limit to lightre-filling its time.  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2760838/   The Knowing. How inspiring it is to beright in the moment.To know there is somethingbeyond the knowing.To feel the theatre of life'smomentous journey.To stand still in the centreof earth's slow turning.How good to be here as oldends and new year unrolls. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2760621/   Un-Vocal. A little silence mothers the truth for folkwho dare seek and embracethe almost heard,for if not smothered stillness comes close  to beauty of wisdom waitingunderneath soundto beget more learning than before known. Only to those who seek calm in un-vocal.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2758952/   Re-Forming. Comes now the in-breath of winter,the back-end of warmth, the yinof declining year.The nap of nature, the slumbering,the slowing of wheels, the songof impulsive sleep. Comes now the time for root retune,the quiet withdrawal, the previewof cold's intention.The cycle .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2688872/   Feelings. Unsettled my sleep,yet were I with theeeach night would bebedded in sated need. Uneasy my soul,yet were I to holdthee as mine alonewould feelings unfold. Unrested my mind,yet were I now thineon fire would be nightwhile we Paradise find. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2663516/   War-Usage. Let us rememberall imprisoned birds, in order to singmust first visualizewinging to learn freedom's reception from refused peace sointo war's din young marchers strodewhistling then sangas loaded missiles whined over-head.Without prior warning a boy startedquiet.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2509587/   Our Tune. The loud tick of my pine-clock slowedas I sipped old wine,remembering the fun of raiding hedgerowsand carrying homebags which dripped spots of summerfrom scarlet-ripe fruits**spurting long before being crushed intojuice as I gently,like a good midwife, tried birthing withc.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2490184/   Unsung. Each season bequeaths measured remembrance as landscapeslides from sleep to resurgence.Winter's kiss does not leave the white throat of rooted fingersdeath-locked beneath frozen earth. Spring never neglects to coat earth with flowered embraces ofpaler courtship's poppy .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2489820/   Changing. And the day  dawnedwhen he doffed his thick overcoatand set off to meet her alluring invite. Changing howeverher mind-set she fell to preparing surprises to scare ultra-elusive guys. She nailed up smilesand blocked entrance usage to whatwas duly conside.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2489668/    Numberless. The day going home dull lightgathered skyways for seeping duskto take over night patrol and crimson's dusty coverlet to hide sunset's diaphanous muster    when wonder came into view. A wink of stars mistily shoneas birds approache.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2489667/   Hunger. How many dawns shall a gull's wide wingscarry night's shiver enoughmiles to appease birds' fierce hungerat sea, aiding eyes to catch somethingthat eaten keeps a feathered heart warm.? How many dusks will a young wife's lipshopefully open on sameocean as similar need fil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2489121/   Be To Me. Be to me eternity's songand not as lust's transient notes.Be as the forever of strongaffection and not for mere moments. Be like faith without limitand not as doubt's breakable bond.Be to me true as infinityfor heaven applauds sincere resolve. Be alive to ageless.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2488858/  This Time. Holed with vermillion stars November'snear-night spreads eerie welcome overmy slow returning-here footstepsand bounded by heathering hills gentlerdecades strike ache in my heartstringsas roots sink into home's velvet skin. This time, smelling remembered aromaof moorland's&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2488706/   Remainers. I saw today a final fat berry drop floor-ward. Surplus juice oozing its fastness had loosenedand snap went its hold.Tumbling to earth heavy with fructose to mudone swollen head rolled Glistening the ferment of sun-sweetened nectarbled as last globe unhooked.The .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2488543/  Surrender Gathering pace the storm of submissionhits at the mind as surrender beginsto heat wary blood.The will is relinquished, shackles explodefrom succumbing parts of the restlessbut questioning heart.Resistance yields, seems right then to concur,even pleasant passivity has to be metsq.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2488534/   Nostalgia. Summer strides nostalgia's walkway................................as dark cloaks low-tide's old delight       when lovers loitered just to survey......................................secret hide-aways out of sight. Intended pleasures sou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2488012/ he autumnal sunset picture is of Pendennis in Cornwall - - Hope you enjoy the poem's olde Cornish suggestions as winter approaches. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2487186/   Nebulous. Shadowy movements of etherealmusic play nebulous gameswith the moonlight's white fingersacross uncanny skyscapes. Tonight diaphanous curl of filmygrey smoke whispers itsjourney along water's dark maskwith swirls of limpidity. Time for wonder as tiffany .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2485908/ A short-line summertime observation - - hope you enjoy. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2482840/   Awayness.Time-racked talk sickens yet clings to torn veilsTrain whistles awayness with distancing rails.Faith blurs in acceptance of passion's demise.Migratory instinct knows no compromise. Hurt trust clutches comfort from memory's pyre.Heart wavers as choice engulfs hope'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2480963/   Addiction. There is but a while during twilight when meet two loversand discreetly behind sunset's cover they firsttangle fingers of hazy swirlsin coming grey before hiding in cloud to couple. Sparks fly as dark embraces the light for at a touch starsrush to the scene, blue blu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2480748/ LEST WE FORGET............... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2480529/   Stalled.Because each granite-necked minute stranglesdesire's set sail shall grief's tongue so anchoredsee love's dazzling coast no more ?Shall a tear-drenched spark within ready breastnot light on horizons new and warm ? Because a mature pearl's glint becomes stavedon death's barrie.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2479687/   Take One. Take one from a pair and trauma arises,ocean buckles,sunset ices,waiting grows fists and memory sighs. Take one from a duo and lost are smiles,lonely ungloves,solo arrives,life loses bliss and future demises. Take one from two and sorrow tightenslove uncouples,on.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fayslimm/2479146/