http://slow.writerscafe.org/solsista The original writings of author Solar en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776105018 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Reflections on Writing http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1734917/ striking distance http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1730864/ shelf life http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1730076/ What point is there to write per verseAlready discovered this mapped universe  Every line analysed, by shrink lips purseStill, words have their play unrehearsedDust beaten dancing sunlightSeen like stars through a telescopeIdea’s germ incubating insight It’s m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1729349/ 'All the world's a stage' http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1728874/ freedom and rhetoric http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1728814/ ‘International unity cannot come at the expense of national interests. And national interests in turn depend on alliances with common interests. We understand that you young people do not want wars. Neither did we, and we were young too, with our ideals.  The rice is well and truly cooked.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1728067/ a meditation http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1727853/ "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!" Marcus Garvey http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1726787/ Spirit of Saffron भगवा’Bhagwa’ [saffron]relates to ’Bhaga’ or Sun. a symbol of six things: all kinds of wealth, Dharma, reputation, prosperity, knowledge and detachment. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1725823/ Man and nature http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1724948/ past loves, present lives http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1724910/ they move on http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1723781/ ghosts of the past Dedicated to the memory of the victims of genocide -1971 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1723199/ Is Aaron quoting courting May Li? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1722917/ A work weekend away May Li, Aaron, Mathew, Vikram and Yusuf http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1722519/ Caine not Able to undo... 200ish words Flash Fiction http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1722167/ Mathew updates Vikram Vikram's date with May Li has flagged up something with HQ. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1722084/ Bored meeting? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1721878/ Vikram and May Li have another side to them. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1721462/ May Li meets Vikram. Again. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1721250/ They meet again http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1721248/ A meaningless Maya it seems sometimesThis world and its measured pleasuresListless the lover to serenade his sighsSelf-absorbed the thinker so sullen his sightPointless seems life - a nihilist blightBut this life becomes precious at the point of the knife.But this life becomes precious -.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1720923/ He threw down his arms, he threw up his armsIn despair, he trembled and his limbs grew weakTo fight for his land, this dire situation now alarmsWar-horses restrained, warrior a guidance seeks.The chariot stops, his Charioteer calmly speaks:So now you have doubt, from whence does it sprou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1720875/ true love http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1719633/ International relations - romance,intrigue,ghosts of the past... Completed Story - 12 short chapters. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1719100/ two poems http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1717896/ Some body awakes. Not every body dies. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1715936/ Fruit-cake mountain,its icing now meltingSheep shite sultanas, no snow now peltingJanuary sleepy sun - the skin does not bakeChocolate off the boots -cloggy leaves to rakeSandwich soggy but what a sound bite!Waterfalls, fallen logs - sweet is winter light http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1715152/ face-off at fill-up http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1715137/ Between A and ZAll letters shot dead....Or breaking freeAs if rhyming mattersPulp is fiction that spatters http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1710956/                      Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee                     Here's to the champion Muhammad Ali http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1710104/ Faith in the heart  of darkness, leaves no room for sadness Flames to a solitaire spark, a soul voyage to re-embarkOrient by the sun, this race must rise to be wonGods,titans, beasts and men in strife, a strange alchemy is Life. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1710079/ In its youth, already an ancient of days, this mysteryWhen lands merged with lands, by seas undividedHigh-aspiring, far spread roots occult the tree of lifeBowed unbroken still stands the tree its groundNow springing back from winters malcontentParasites with their arabesque orchids,surround. S.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1709421/ Swift be your steps with the speed of wingsSlow the moment, so each second to you sweetly sings Sharp be your sight, in making your markDeep let your light brighten all that is dark Far and wide - may this kinship extend Always by your side - all power to my  friend.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1705623/ rose-tinted http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1705579/ troubled times http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1705556/ Embraced by spring’s emerald-longing for love to lastSavoured summer’s passion-fruit ripened from the pastAustere in autumn’s armour - amour-propre must be castShorn by winter’s winds - bow to the skies so vast. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1705264/ Word drifts in cloudsa drizzle, a shower, a deluge a brain stormStriking the unlettered head...They strike and melt - like a tear on paper, blotted copy Sometimes words float in through the windowSoft dove-white turning peacock the proseTo draw inspiration in many shadesTo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1704105/ 'a not so silent lamb' and other follies a disparate, motley collection of verse. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1703639/ Officialdom http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1703477/ fragile connections and other poems http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1703435/ a meditation "To those entering the same river, other and still other waters flow." Heraclitus http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1703292/ Weird Tails, sTrAnGe Trails Just dip in to any 'chapter'[story] - they are not sequenced http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1703258/ Man to Machine? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1702773/ ''For the harmony of the world is a harmony of opposition, as in the case of the bow and of the lyre" Heraclitus http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1702758/ Construction of Meaning? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1702741/ Scoping the Body http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1702352/ No rush http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1701981/ Maxing out - the moral http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/solsista/1701957/