heart of crow, thread of love

February 21, 2010
"Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart."
- quoted from O Brother, Where Art Thou? written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen with references to Homer's epic poem The Odyssey.

February 20, 2010
She was twenty-three when the thread around her wrist broke. With needle in hand she stitched tiny red x's on a white ribbon, fastened the ends with a bone button, and bound her wrist again.
- Laura Anne Heller, rough draft poetry ideas

February 19, 2010
"Instead, weary farmers sigh, curse; get out their guns to clean,
spit on the ground and make ready to kill the damned crow,
to string us up, leave our rotting bodies as hints."
- Samantha Cole, "...And Twelve is Joy on the Morrow". Read the whole poem at Still: The Journal.
Take a few moments to imagine these scenes or circumstances. What are you thinking of? What do they remind you of? What scenes, memories, stories are recalled? Share in a free-write for 15 or 20 minutes.