- makeswordswork
Opening Lines

In the beginning, once upon,
a starting-up and switching-on
from the first to the next
the thence and come,
a cast of ways for worlds
and words to fall and rise,
and throw
a quill to write-it-out,
the inky smudge and test –
the outset’s nudge
and stride-out step
to capture that
plus all-the-rest, for
in the beginning, upon the line,
choices open out -
yet all of life’s a clichéd dream
to set a path or sum-it-up,
all truths a search of pen
with the best of times
or the worst of both to art the guile
and scream: aim the stone,
let go.
Written by SARAH TAIT
Artwork by DOLORES PORETTA-BROWN