Challenge Accepted. Challenged by @thekittygirl. Hosted by @topkpop. Image Source The lovely @thekittygirl nominated me for this amazing #nocomfortzone challenge and it definitely is a good one. The ladies

Hi all! This post won’t be about poetry, but about something more personal: YOUR WORLD. It’s a post inspired by a comment I left under a post here a week or so ago.

About three years ago, I wrote a list of countries I’d love to visit which I thought was a forlorn hope. It was written in a yellow paper with a quote from an anonymous that says ‘ I have not been anywhere

Hi all! Back to translating my own old poems from when I was a teenager. I'm not sure how to feel about translating and reworking the topics that occupied my young mind, which, in turn, became a poetic

Source I am going it solo in Malta for this year's Global Game Jam. I.... am...? ...There is a disturbance in the space-time continuum... Its almost as if the author of this post, myself, abandoned the

Source It is quite ironic. Now that I've decided to tone down my ambitions concerning changing this World for the better... the first thing that I feel inspired to write about seems to suggest that I'm

Hi all, This weekend was strangely uneventful, as I'm still recuperating from that nasty cold and/or flu. It made me think about how I'm behaving when I'm sick. I do tend to complain a bit (and my partner

For some reason I find that words are failing me. Its not that I do not have words. I have plenty. Its that they refuse to come forward. Countless paragraphs and thoughts I have tossed... ...because 'it

Facts You May Not Know About A First Nation Sweat Image Source Alright, so I may have enticed you with a sweaty belly to come and check out what the traditional Native American Sweat is all about. In

In my last post I spoke about the importance of reaching out. When I pressed the 'Post' button, while I was hurting, it was not my intention to reveal this to my readers. Then again, when I read it again

Hi all! Here's a more philosophical piece of poetry I wrote as a teenager (translated into English today) on the topic of imagination presented as a puzzle made of sand, and how it affects the one

We all have problems. We need to be strong. We have our duties and we have our dreams. These are often at odds with each other. ... Sometimes we don't feel that all is well with us. It could be a physical

The Supernatural Writing Contest (SWC) initiated by @jerrybanfield spans topics that are very close to the core mission of AAKOM. I would therefore like to do an occasional list of those entries that I

My Official Entry For The Supernatural Writing Contest Held by @jerrybanfield Image Source Through many of my writings I have explained my life experience as an Empath and being Awake. I shared some of

Source I would like you, the reader, to ponder this notion. Think it over and tell me if these words do not ring true. Consistency above Ethics. Ethics above Law. If these words do ring true then let me

Source The following is closely based upon a true story. Names have been replaced with the intent of protecting identities - and the precise timeline may deviate - but most of the rest was intact. "You...

I have started this story many many times........ I have seen other stories about the unsung heroes in all our lives but I wasn't sure I could do justice to mine. It is time for the story, as I saw it,

I wasn't going to post anything today, as it seems that the last couple of days have been a bit overwhelming with emotions for whatever reason. That said, the pervading sense of loneliness I've been feeling

Source In recent days I had the pleasure of taking part in an informal impromptu speech/ table-topics session. I had run into a fair bit of traffic on my way to the Microsoft-hosted meeting, just a

Here's another poem translated into English, again from my teen years. This time, I've tweaked/reworded it a bit so it resembles more of the style I currently use for my poems. Again, not a perfect