Thursday 30 May 2013

Hello, as usual sorry for not posting anything for a while. I have been painting, I occasionally have to put down my pen, push my computer to one side and pick up my brush...so I did, here is what I have painted.
The Painting is signed at the top and bottom for this reason;
this way up the painting is entitled 'City's Watching'.
This way up it is called 'Trees Of Man'.

This painting again works both ways and is signed as such,
but is simply called 'Where They Met'
They are both currently for sale on ebay and I believe there is just less than one day left on them both...enjoy them if they're your bag!

Saturday 25 May 2013

Friday 24 May 2013

In Peace We Cry

The world we live in, 
confuse even best,
wisdom worth little,
with new daily tests,
learn as you move,
all change so fast now,
don't get stuck in a groove,
one way slaughtered cow.

Be not the sheep,
following blind,
seek everyday truth,
it's out there to find,
you're mind's are your own,
they scare you into control,
weak feel your bone's,
but strong are your souls.

There it lay waiting,
deep down inside,
buried anticipating,
when you no longer hide,
please don't swallow words,
the money men send,
they'd love you in herds,
your will must not bend.

Follow the law,
remember law follows you,
our voice will grow stronger,
when we're not just a few,
one voice can echo,
the million's shout,
don't be scared to speak up,
let the old freedom out.

They say we have freedom,
of speech, feet and will,
but you'll get locked up,
for not swallowing that pill,
beware their forked tongue's,
those sick by their power,
if they were speaking the truth,
then why would they cower.

Peace be the way,
peace be the shout,
peace be the end,
to those who cast doubt,
peace be the truth,
peace conquer fear,
with these peaceful words echo,
hate must end here.

©D.N. Read 2013

Monday 20 May 2013

Hello sorry about that folks I've been away in Stratford upon Avon for a while, when I came back I went through a couple of manuscripts for my two latest books Tales From Hound's eye and 'Whispering Ink Song', the latter of which is part of a series of poetry books I'm writing called A Quill Unchained. Anyway I back at the helm for a while, so there will be many more posts in the very near future. Thanks everyone for your patients, if you would like to check out my two new books they are available on kindle via amazon with my other titles, my latest two will also be available in paper back soon as well. http://amazon.com/author/d.n.read  

Monday 6 May 2013

Hello, I have a story to tell you from my childhood. When I was at primary school in the countryside at about the age of seven we had a sports day, we had sports day every summer but this particular one has stayed with me. The 60 meter dash was always one of my favorites and today was no exception, I stood on the starting line and saw that I really had only two people to think about beating as the rest were slow, small and in one particular case, 'The fat kid' (we can all be cruel when we are young, so think me a swine if you're perfect), the race began and I noticed the fat kid had tripped over on the line and I was doing well, and within what seemed like no time at all I had won the race and everyone else was enjoying the fact that they'd not suffered the same fate as the fat kid, it was at this point that I noticed the head master who had gone over to him. They were both sat smiling and looking toward the trees. A few minutes later when the head master came to the finish line with the kid that fell and told us about the Woodpecker and the fledgelings they had just seen in the trees and the baby birds trying to fly. The fat kid flew that day...the rest of us fell. Had we not been rushing to get to the finish line we would have seen that beautiful sight, we missed it while standing at the finish line laughing. The fat kid was the one who really stood at the finish line...the rest of us fell. Take from this what you will, I don't have any regrets, all things teach, but were I put back there now, I would have stopped and gone back to sit with the fat kid that tripped at the start and flew, while the rest of had to wait years for our wings.
Hello Taiwan and Brazil, I hope you like the blog.http://amazon.com/author/d.n.read

Wednesday 1 May 2013