Poetry, Music, and Art – Victoria's Reading Alcove

To be a Giver of Flight

I recently entered a poetry contest sponsored by a writers’ group of Facebook. The group has over 117,000…

by Victoria Adams August 14, 2023

During the week I spent going through my mum’s things a few years ago, I discovered a scrap…

by Victoria Adams July 2, 2023

First and foremost, never, ever use their images. Which of course is why there are no Disney images…

by Victoria Adams November 13, 2021

Originally published May 10, 2020 I knew you at 14When I seemed so much older,Distanced from those around…

by Victoria Adams January 16, 2021

Originally published October 6, 2019 A brief bit of verse found while sorting through piles of papers in…

by Victoria Adams January 16, 2021

Originally published July 7, 2016 I can’t feel your pain.I’ve tried, I even thought I knewHow you felt.ScaredAloneWith…

by Victoria Adams January 12, 2021

Originally published March 29, 2016 In Jewish tradition one observes the passing of someone close to you four…

by Victoria Adams December 30, 2020

Originally published January 1, 2016 New Year’s Eve, 2015. The end of a year with so many major…

by Victoria Adams December 30, 2020

Originally published October 17, 2015 Pleasantville (1998). A classic example of metaphor in art. The standard interpretation of…

by Victoria Adams December 27, 2020

Originally published September 5, 2015 History. A subject I have always been thoroughly fascinated with. Not just the…

by Victoria Adams December 27, 2020