She embroiders blossom on a blackthorn’s bladed barbs, pricking fingers frozen into claws her face wet with spit and spindrift of words that writhe like water in a weir. Language is drowned by the thunder of gushing water in her ears. Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads NaPoWriMo: An […]
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Blackthorn Duet
My response to Carpe Diem #1001 Blackthorn home to nesting birds butterflies and bumblebees, witchy blackthorn trees after sweet spring lace and summer’s leaves a sloe gin gives warmth to autumn © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.woodlandtrust.org.uk