As The World Burns – Annette Kalandros

The world burns away beneath a star filled sky yet contains not the magic light of stars or the hope glistening like joyous delight in the eyes of children looking into a night sky filled with the wonderous glow of dreams yet to be. No, no dreams to be for children grown whose fear filledContinue reading “As The World Burns – Annette Kalandros”

Force of Nature – Annette Kalandros

We, the dogs and I, stopped and watched a mockingbird chase a hawk away from her nest. She did not stop. She did not hesitate. Her bravery knew no limits against a formidable enemy. A mockingbird against a hawk, really no question as to who would win if it had not been for the braveryContinue reading “Force of Nature – Annette Kalandros”

No Doves live Here – Annette Kalandros

No doves live here. Only a sparrow stirs its wings, bristling against the chill of this grey misty morning of rainy cares. No peace found anywhere on this forsaken earth as it burns, enraptured with hate, Burning everywhere— exquisitely in columned towers of black tinged golden flames. Image courtesy of Pexels Annette Kalandros, a retiredContinue reading “No Doves live Here – Annette Kalandros”

The Devil’s Face – Annette Kalandros

Pouring rain while the sun shone on a summer’s day… I will never forget that time, that moment, when I saw, without doubt, The Devil’s face, shattering the myth of red face with forehead horns, shattering forever the myth of girlhood. A day of fun on the Eastern shore of Maryland where my mother’s husband’sContinue reading “The Devil’s Face – Annette Kalandros”