John Geddes is a gifted author and poet whose writing captures the quiet beauty of introspection and the emotional depth of the human spirit. Best known for his novel A Familiar Rain, Geddes weaves powerful imagery with evocative language to explore themes of solitude, reflection, and love. His work has inspired readers to embrace the subtle moments of life and find meaning in everyday experiences. Through his literary voice, Geddes reminds us that the most profound truths often lie in the quiet spaces between words.
"I can't grasp the stars, but I love them " in the same way, I love you..."
"Only a seer or a lover would know that I'm making a jewelry of words for you -drawn from your essence -to flash and burn with your fire -so you can bedazzle with your own light ..."
"Yes I understand your spells-your sex magic-at least, I know this: all lights dim when you walk in..."
"The feelings that pass between us are deeper than fleshly touches..."
"I learn about the sacred in the everyday - I look in your face..."
"There is a myth called objective reality - we think an impersonal world exists apart from us - it doesn't - it needs us to be ..."
"If you always move in certainty, your writing will be flat - creativity is a rugged terrain..."
"I committed a sin the day I refused you - I discovered metal inside me where my heart should be - forgive me, Love, for acting on principles..."
"If you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone..."
"You can have a dark heart and be a writer, but you can't have a black one.."
"Perhaps in actions I'm less of a man - but, oh the words - such lovely words..."
"Paint in blue and black...sometimes gray - the colors of night - occasionally I surprise you with a mustard yellow, but then, I am a poet ..."
"I retreat into my fictional world where everything makes sense - but even there I can't even control what people do..."
"I've marked our sacred place not with stones - I've put it my art to keep it safe..."
"I see you as series of gestures, a palette of colors -all these tiny tiles pixelate, and then coalesce... into the idea of you..."
"I gave you painted air - tears I couldn't weep - truths I couldn't speak - all the words that caught in my throat..."
"You want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you're wounded by your own feelings & resentful others don't seem to care..."
"Some writers closet themselves - I write wherever I am because that's where life is happening ..."
"Your moods and colors are my climate, not the changing face of the sky."
"I keep coming back to certain books, and you-to try to find myself again."