The measure noting passage of one year to the next is contingent on everyone setting their watch at/to the agreed upon time using parameters based on Science.
The arbitrary point picked to begin and the direction of Earth’s rotation determine the sequence of the cascade.
At least all nations across the globe [...]

Reflecting on time usually implies more than the passage of recollected events. It requires an objective appraisal of the memories that brought life to its current place, a synthesis of accumulated judgments that often illustrate our individual and collective footnote.
Sensation of time, imperceptible from moment to moment, is more noticeable when significant events occur, such [...]

Half built walls of bar and stone
Echo from a soundless space
Berthed high, upon eagles dare
Ethereal, wingless, mountain’s eyre.
A long plateau of sky’s abode
Visions eye, clouds below
Blinding colors, concealed by mist
Obscuring land, beneath its midst
A site, ere indistinctly wrought
Lacking rhyme, of souls’ deep sought
Beckoning to its call, illusion
For peace, paradox, fantasy’s allusion
A wingless sun’s moving [...]

In the future, as Bill Clinton is immortalized in a bronze statue, perhaps in the center of a park, a pigeon’s favorite place to land, with birds perched over his outstretched arms and head, the engraving on the base will immortalize his words: “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘IS‘ is.”
What did [...]

Writing is often more than an expression of thought. If it is going to be posted on the Internet, for public scrutiny, or anywhere else, one rule must always be considered. Pick a good title.
Titles are like fashion. What is contained within the work is important, however the overall “package” represented by the title counts. [...]

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, [...]

This is the second post from new guest writer Davin Blu presented for Christmas Eve. Please support his blog Eclectideas. If your Spanish is limited, scroll to the bottom of the post to see the translation.
Santa Claus, Papa Noel, el Espíritu de la Navidad y otros muchos nombres hacen alusión a una leyenda. [...]

Once upon a time, a single snowflake fell from the sky, between the trees, deep within a forest, landing on a large stone near a frozen pond. Although it was dark, as the stars glimmered in the sky, hidden beyond the roof of the dense forest, the snowflake shone a bright white blue from within [...]

A series of collected memory
Image fragments of illusion
Effigy of clarity
Languishing, life’s duality
Sun’s light, perceived
Beaming, from refracted surface
Close, a finger touch
Overwhelming impulse
Expectation, anticipation’s hope
The wait below
Pulling me back
Within it’s murky deep.

I had been among the Bud-Hadnu tribe for just three months. Queen Phylodahda had been away to the east of her domain. I was alone in my hut, writing, when two guards of the High Priestess Lunalestra III arrived and removed me to the dungeon below the altar. At dawn, I was taken and tied [...]