And Now You Know

If you think that I’ve forgotten you’re wrong. A mother will never forget the tiny fist that rested in the center of her chest reaching for more. For once it has fallen between her breasts and relaxed into a bundle … Continue reading

Sonnet for 2022

Sonnet for 2022 To sing of loss, redemption, love and hate, while tidal waves arise, collapse and flood. Recovery comes, though some proclaim “too late” and green shoots sprout, defiantly, from mud. Life’s universal song, creation’s tune, resounds with random … Continue reading

Sonnet: Fragile Gift

music by Jay Ansill, words by Anne Hills © 2016 Raven Heart Music/El Chiflado Music ASCAP From Anne’s album Fragile Gifts How dark, it came in feathered flight alone but left as two, her bright life quickly flown. You turn … Continue reading

Winter Roses

music by Jay Ansill, words by Anne Hills © 2016 Raven Heart Music/El Chiflado Music ASCAP From Anne’s album Fragile Gifts Love, sends a sweet perfume even now in aging bloom when first found, anew this, this was the love … Continue reading

Rowan

music by Jay Ansill, words by Anne Hills © 2016 Raven Heart Music/El Chiflado Music ASCAP From Anne’s album Fragile Gifts. watch as she walks in the valley below pausing-twirling around just like a dancer whose partner has gone turning, … Continue reading

Like a Train

w&m Anne Hills © 2014 Raven Heart Music (ASCAP) From Anne’s album Tracks could have been the whistle howling through the dark whisper of the wheels on the track I could hear your gentle voice giving me no other choice … Continue reading

Winter Vigil (Eight and Sand)

w&m Anne Hills © 2014 Raven Heart Music (ASCAP) From Anne’s album Tracks when the snow has cloaked the valley, wind is howling at the ground tumblin’ dreams across the flat land, there’s a train that’s westward bound westward bound … Continue reading