Tag Archives: magic

The World is Full of Magic: carole

Posted on January 31, 2017 by John

Though some now say it comes to nil The world is full of magic still The end is nigh, soothsayers scry, and from their parapets do cry “Beware the evil that draws nigh!” – though some now say it comes … Continue reading →

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Finding Neverland

Posted on April 8, 2005 by John

‘Tis said there lurks a boy inside each man, whose unhealed wounds from childhood form a part of how he goes about when it is time to find the man inside the young boy’s heart, whose grandiose bravado and fierce … Continue reading →

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The View You Choose

Posted on June 6, 2004 by John

Having just seen the new Harry Potter film, I was contemplating the underlying message I find in JK Rowling’s work. No, it’s not some dark Satanic point that seeks to overthrow the basic power structure of the Christo-centric universe. Not … Continue reading →

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There Is No Mundane

Posted on December 3, 2003 by John

The clock will stop that human hands must wind; its mechanized contrivances will fail, and in those precious seconds between time the boundary between the worlds is frail. On one side, secret lands where shadows pale; and on the other, … Continue reading →

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Another World

Posted on July 14, 2003 by John

You never told me that you’d tried to change; all of this time I just thought that you were strange. You never said those magic words that turned our hearts from rocks to birds. You never tried to understand: all … Continue reading →

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