“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.” — Vincent Van Gogh
Hullo, I’m Eve, and I write poetry and prose here at my blog “Redwater Ramblings”.
I love crows, nature, and compelling stories.
I mainly focus my writing style around contemporary, free-verse poetry. Nature is also a massive influence when writing my poetry, and I weave it in to my work with the best of my ability. I’ve been writing poetry here since 2011, with one ambition:
to improve.
I have just completed my BA degree in East Asian Studies, and have hopes of completing a Masters at some point in the not too distant future.
I also have one poem published in a poetry anthology named “The Clock Strikes Thirteen” via Forward Poetry.
At the age of twenty-two, I finally learned how to ride a bicycle in Kyoto, Japan – but only after successfully destroying several bike stands, bollards, and shop signs along the way!
Welcome, it’s great to have you along for the ride~
Love it!
great stuff you have…
fun just comes from heart…
and i love people who are happy… real happy and not fake smiles,.. 🙂
Thank you!
Hey Stacy,
I love your whimsical poems! Keep up the good work and/ or fun, cause I know writing poetry is both! And thanks for subscribing as well.
R.
Thank you Russell! I enjoy your poems also! I’m really glad you like my work, it keeps me going knowing that sombody enjoys them.
Hi Stacey!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and for subscribing! (I think I called you Eve in my reply, sorry!) Anyway, I look forward to reading your rambles, as well!
Lauren 🙂
Hey Lauren, no worries, I don’t mind either! 🙂 Thanks for your message, I look forward to reading your future posts too!
“washing machine of fun” – that’s very funny and very poetic. My advice to all young writers is… write a lot
Thanks! I try and write every day. It’s a wonderful thing. 🙂
Hey Stacey,
I’ve nominated you for the Liebster blog award. Please check via this link: http://bluegem555.wordpress.com/liebster-blog-award/
I really enjoy reading your work and I look forward to reading more 🙂
Wow, I can’t believe it, thanks so much for your kind nomination! 😀
You’re welcome dear 🙂 You definitely deserve it. I enjoy all your writings and look forward to reading more.
What fun, and don’t give up on the cat, it’ll happen someday. Love the picture on top of the blog, very nice theme! I’ll be back for more here!
Hi there!
Thank you for your kind comment/compliments! Hopefully I’ll see you back here soon. 🙂 Best wishes~
I love your writing! I look forward to reading more 🙂 xx
Thanks ever so much! You’re welcome to stop by any time! 🙂
An old Native American legend tells of a cat, a very special cat!
Each and every Eve the feline casts her eyes over the red water of the forgotten lake. It has been for told by the Great one and Sissel knows, her forever home is somewhere beyond the red water!
Someday you will cross that forgotten lake and unite with Sissel. Until that day the Great one will protect and comfort her!
Well, I certainly hope I can unite with Sissel soon! He’s far too cute within the depth of my imagination! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment that made me smile, Jim. Come by any time! Eve~
Thanks Eve, happy blogging!
My Blog is at oeriv.com if you care to check it out, it is a young blog and mainly nature oriented.
Jim
thanks for sharing your posts!
david in maine use
And thank you for viewing them! 🙂
great new avatar 🙂
Oh, thank you! It’s sort of a ‘warm-up before graduation’ photo. 🙂
i like it!
Merry Christmas – I have nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award.
Kathleen
thecourseofourseasons.com/2011/12/23/the-versatile-blogger-award/
Hi Eve. Thanks for following our blog! We’d like to send you some letterpress bookmarks as a little new years thank you gift. Please read details here: http://peachfarmstudio.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/free-letterpress-bookmarks/ Happy blogging and Happy New Year!
I’ve just discovered your blog through kiwsparks (Kathryn) and am SO excited to look through… I love what I’ve seen so far!! And am now a follower:)
Thank you! I’m so happy you stopped by. 🙂
Beautiful blog! Thanks for subscribing to Source of Inspiration. hugs, pat
Hi Pat! Big thanks to you too! I’m looking forward to your future posts!
Best wishes,
Eve
Hey Eve, told you I would drop by! I’ve only glanced at your poems but I’m really loving what I see! Can’t wait to read more. By the looks of it, we have similar styles and perhaps we could learn from each other 🙂
Hi Louise! Thank you for stopping by my blog! I’m looking forward to seeing more of you, too. You’re always welcome! 🙂
Love your blog and really enjoying reading your poetry. Thanks for following me… I’m following you right back!
Thank you, Lindsay! I’m looking forward to seeing more of you!
Enjoy your writing and blogging. Nice site.
Hello Stacey…thank you for visiting my site today and for leaving such nice comments on my posts. I am very happy you stopped-by, because now I know you’re here, too. I perused your entries earlier this morning and am quite taken with your writing. I shall be following and visiting your regularly. Take care, Scott.
My pleasure! I’ve left another comment on your blog, too. I really liked your photography in the post “Distant Echoes”, very much my taste! Please stop by any time, you’re most welcome! 🙂
Well thank you for the nice words, Stacey…and I will be stopping-by. 🙂
Hi Stacey,
Enjoying your poetry, and love the photo of you under the umbrella. Thanks so much for following my blog and commenting on my poem, Tappity-tap.
Hi Chris! Thank you for stopping by my blog too! Hope to see more of you!
All the best,
Eve
What a beautiful Blog loved the header..am going to read you work in coming days..thanks a ton for stopping by my blog..hugs:-)
Hello Soma! I really like your blog, too! Thank you for taking the time to stop by mine! Hope to see you soon. 🙂
Eve
I spent too many weeks with my sister’s family in Kobe… and yet I did not learn the “not yet known to the west secret of the bike ride.”
Neither my sister nor her husband are of Japanese de(s)cent, it was strictly a business/lifestyle posting, yet they lived, loved and conflagurated for 8 years. Still, no one taught me the secret of the bike ride, and yes, “we’ve traded” I visited often. So I must wonder aloud (although I’m not actually saying this out loud, it’s just a figure of the written word – Dammit, I just made that up, “figure of the written word,” okay it’s yours now, but please credit me)
So where was I? Oh who cares, “Figure of the written word.” Somehow you spurred that out of me. Well done.
I had the great opportunity to go and see the memorial illuminations in Kobe in honour of the 1995 earthquake. It was simply stunning. The amount of people that covered the entirety of the the streets was easily over the thousands. It made for some wonderful pictures; especially when my friends and I were being herded by a man with some rather fetching glow-sticks! That being said, it was a beautiful memorial.
My bicycle riding skills improved vastly during my time there! Not to mention many un-savoury crashes. (One right in front of many construction workers. So embarrassing!)
Thank you for visiting me!
Eve
My brother in law is there now. A much better person than me, he actually drove trucks filled with food and clothes up north last spring. I’ve lived all over the world (most of my adult life in Europe, emphasis Budapest/Prague) and yet Japan will always have a “tug” on me.
It’s never taken me longer to win people over, yet then to get them to leave me alone… ’twas impossible. Which is what family is, no? And all Americans could/should learn a tad from how the Japanese treat their parents/elders ie., Family. With respect. It’s a good thing. I could not now imagine my dad not living with me or my sister. Or my dead aunt’s body being stored in the attic.
But you have to admit, it’s funny to watch old people ride bicycles. (which is in itself a funny word.)
I also unfortunately crashed into a fair few old people while riding their bicycles… the poor dears! They were so apologetic. I was greeted by one lovely old lady, that I’ll never forget, who held her umbrella over me in a rainstorm while I was waiting at a crossing on my bicycle. She was such a sweetheart! 🙂
I just shared your blog with my sister and Bro-in-law, who know, I think, everyone in Japan, outside of the Chrysanthemum lineage.
But I must admit, I did not get the full brunt of your last message, ie….. “the poor dears…” until I saw the smiley face emoticon at the end…. then it really hit home.
(this is the” wreaking drench of sarcasm that comes with sarcasm,” but “raw ever ted…” EMOTICONS.? or is it just me? If it is tell me, and I’ll start using them….
Thank you very much! Alas, I don’t live there any more! I lived and studied at a University there for a year, but I’ve since been back in the UK for about as long. 🙂
I know it’s your turn… but I wrote a story, OMG, I’m dating myself here, but in the mid 90’s for a European Paper about helping a blind women across the street in a decrepit Eastern European City as furry hatted passerby’s ignored her… and yet how inadequate it made me feel… not just about being sighted, but being an American, living overseas…. I think I own a copy, but it was before “online” copies… you’re last post made me think about that. Thanks.
That sounds great! I’m glad I reminded you!
How many more anagram’s can we get out of your “writer’s name” before we fade off into slumber?
Late to bloom but perhaps like the Phoenix
rising and in doing so, entering a new phase
of enlightenment 🙂 The journey into fantasy
is vast and the rewards greater than anything,
even beyond the boundaries of outer space
cannot hold back the dream…
Enjoy thy quest and passionate interests…
Androgoth
Hello Androgoth! Thank you very much for taking the time to visit my blog and leave me some messages! I think your blog is exceptionally creepy – in a good way! 🙂 Hope to see more of you in the future, please stop by any time!
Eve
Nominated you for the Kreativ Blogger Award! Thought you should know 🙂
Hi Eve I have nominated you for One lovely blog award..if you are interested then please follow the link to know more- http://somkritya.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/one-lovely-blog-award-3/
Eve, I too love crows, and all corvids for that matter. This is a great site and I love your poetry. All the very best.
Thank you so much, David! I’m a big admirer of all your work. You’ve been recognised as a wonderful poet, both professionally and personally, and it means the world to me that you think of me in such a light. 🙂 I love your poetry too.
Hi! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I don’t know how you do it but you certainly manage to create a wonderfully happy atmosphere around your words – so I couldn’t help subscribing.
Good luck and great writing :)!
Thank you very much for subscribing! Glad you stopped by. 🙂
Extravagant arm movements are brilliant. Have fun with that. Peace, Phil
Thank you Phil, I try my hardest to get some good moves out there! Glad you stopped by, and I hope to see more of you soon! 🙂
Oh, aren’t you just Lovely!! What a thrill to be introduced to you and your creativity (absent sanity, I gather? ha ha)–thank you for visiting my blog, so that we could meet!! I too am a late-bloomer, Seriously! But you know what? All the best is still yet to be!! Thanks again–I’ll be back when I can take another break from work. Wishing you an excellent day–God bless you abundantly.
Thank you so much Caddo! It’s great to meet you! 😀 I’ve left you a message on your blog, too. I’m glad we could ‘meet’ like this. Hope to hear from you soon, take care!
Eve
Late bloomer? Mmm, what does that make me? 🙂
Charming poetry Eve, along with others you have re awoken a dormant love within me.
Peace
Thank you very much Cromwell! It’s lovely to ‘meet’ you. Feel free to stop by any time. 🙂
1st time caller. Yr fearless imaginative poetry is AOK by me, I’m glad I happened upon you & yr work tonight/ I like where yr own words go
thanx, & look forward to looking in again
Thank you very much! I hope to see more of you in the future, too. 🙂
I have nominated you for the 7 x 7 Link Award. I think you have a stylish blog with some great content and it’s a pleasure to nominate you!
For details of the award and the rules of accepting please visit:
I hope you accept the award in the spirit it is awarded. Keep blogging!
Hello Eve,
when does winter brighten into spring flowers in your neck of the UK? or do you have a mud season, like we do in maine?
David in Maine USA
Oh, not until March-April at least! Last year we had about a week of “summer”, so I’ve not got high hopes for this year unfortunately!
adding to the chorus .. . yours is a super lovely blog!
Thanks so much! That really means a lot to me. 😀
Hi Stacey,
Thanks for dropping by my humble abode. So glad that you like my poem. In my part of the UK spring sometimes deosn’t arrive until May, and summer is frequently cancelled. Reminds me of a couple of lines by Byron that I came across in my reading the other day:
The English winter – ending in July,
To recommence in August – now was done.
Had he been Scottish he might have written:
The Scottish winter – ending in August,
to recommence in July – is never done.
BTW – I don’t often read Byron. Perhaps I should.
My pleasure Tony! I really enjoyed your poem today. 🙂
Certainly beautiful lines there, Byron captures the rise and fall of the seasons, and all the hopes and dashed expectations we hold for them so wonderfully!
Thank you too, for visiting my site – please stop by any time!
would love to hear your response…
Good morning, Eve. It’s Wednesday, March 7. Today I blogged about “a root of bitterness.” I know that a poet comes up with his or her own inspiration, but I would love to see you tackle that theme in a poem. I would love to get your poetic take on it. Just a thought. It might not be something you would want to tackle, but I think you could do an amazing job with that theme. HF
Hello! Thank you for thinking of me. That’s definitely something I think I could work with, I’ll be sure to give it some thought and let you know how things go. 🙂
Thank you. You are too kind. I just thought the imagery could be so powerful under your pen. HF
Had to pop over because I love crows. Love the look of your blog and will take a look around. : ) ~ Sam
Thank you very much for visiting! I’ll be sure to check out your site too! 🙂 Hope to see you again~
Eve, loved the Bees! (My best poem). HF
Thank you! Glad you like that one, I really enjoyed writing it! 😀
I’ve just got that feeling that you get when you recognise that something is good…raised pulse, inward smile…and deep sense of inadequacy! Good poems. Claire
(I’ll say thank you here, too!) Really lovely to meet you, hope you pop by again soon. 🙂
Hi Eve, This is just a quick note to ask if you received the email we sent to your email address on 3/23 about your poem THE BEES. Cheers!
Hello! Yes, I have – literally just came across it! I’ll get back to you later on today. 🙂
Peachy!
Your poetry and prose are inspiring, so I nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blog Award. Cheers, http://postcardfiction.com/2012/03/29/people-are-actually-reading-my-blog/
Hey Stacey, just wanted to let you know about The Writing Contest The Dark Globe is Having Starting Today, and running through April 14th
Here’s the Info.
You’re also Welcome to Share it with Your People
Thanks Stacey
DarkJade-
Hey Eve, I nominated you for the 7×7 Link Award. For more on the rules check here: http://taylorsseries.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/the-7-x-7-link-award/
Hi Stacey, what a beautiful blog you have here! I’m so glad you visited my blog and introduced yourself so I could come explore here :). I’m going to dive into the poetry now, just wanted to say thanks for your visit.
Take care,
Emma
Thank you Emma! Glad to have found you too! 🙂
Wow!! You’re an amazing poet! I love reading poetry and I’ve written a few but… I am so humbled. I will watching your blog closely!
Oh, thank you Jamie! You’ve made my day!
I love you photography – the one of the coffee beans really sticks in my mind for some reason… maybe too much caffeine on my part?
Have a great day, and I hope to see you around soon. I look forward to your posts, too! 😀
Thank you, too! Yes, the coffee beans picture is my wallpaper for my iPad…. 😀
I found you from Blue Fifth Review. Look forward to delving into your work.
Thank you! Would you mind telling me specifically ‘how’ you found me? Blue Fifth Review doesn’t jog my memory!
You liked my short story “Breadcrumbs.”
Ah, thanks! 🙂
Your work radiates sincerity and grace, and so do you. Looking forward to more, Eve!
Aww, Millie, thank you! That’s so lovely of you to say! I’m looking forward to seeing your next post already. 😀 x
Your writing is beautiful. I write free verse poetry too. Been writing since my early teens but enjoy writing more now, than ever. You look so happy in your picture! Keep enjoying the journey that is life! 🙂
It’s lovely to meet you, thank you for finding my blog! Just having a look at your site now, love the bike photo. 🙂
I started off writing in rhyme, but since I discovered free-verse I find it sits much better with me! It’s great to meet another free-verse lover~
Hope to see you again soon!
Eve x
Here’s for you: http://littlefurrow.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/award-post-the-second-time-around/ 🙂
Hello Eve!
I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. For more information, go here: http://wp.me/p27uZp-9V
Cheers,
George
I am so glad you didn’t die not knowing how to ride a bicycle. Also, your poetry is wonderful.
Hehe, thank you! No more so glad than I was to be sure. 😛
And thank you so much, that makes me really happy! Always a pleasure to have to here!
Where’s the “Like” button up here? I need 9 of them! 🙂
Subhan Zein
Lovely goals here, Eve. To improve! Yes, that is a wonderful product of a blog. Can’t wait to check out more of your writing!
Beautiful. There is so much here, it will take a little while to take in. Your ability to marry the photographs with words is exceptional. Each adds to the other.
Hello Tim, thank you very much! Great to have you visit. 😀
As someone said, where is the like button?
I’ve just nominated you for the Genuine Blog Award and the Reader Appreciation Award as a thanks for all your visits, likes, and comments. The information can be found here: http://postcardfiction.com/2012/06/07/thursday-thanks/. Don’t feel obliged to participate, it’s just my way of saying thanks
Really nice and interesting blog. Not overwhelming, and breathing! great ))
Thank you, and thank you for your visit. 🙂
Hey! I just awarded you the Very Inspirational Blog Award!! You really do have a great blog and I wanted you to know how inspiring it was to me! 🙂 http://shudderingwords.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/very-inspirational-blog-award/
missing your work!
I miss writing it! I really need to do something about that… thank you, though! x
Hullo! That’s very sweet of you to say – I miss blogging. It’s been a long ol’ while since I even logged in. University sure is keeping me busy!
i understand that! immersed in it myself