A dull thud, the blue tit drops to the patio, and Anna hastens to open the French door before lazy cat George thinks a snack has dropped from heaven. She cradles the tiny, feathery body in her bare hands. No heartbeat. But a glimmer of sky is reflected in the jet of its eye. Anna’s […]
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Flying Her Heart
She followed in the wake of her lover’s distant boat, Flying her heart like a kite above waves. She was trying in vain to keep her life afloat, But her heart scraped clouds and was soaked by rain. She was tied by a rope, Her love firmly anchored to a sailor who left her To […]
Flying
My response to An Artist at Heart’s MINIATURE WRITING CHALLENGE #27 Childhood Upside down playground Trees turn to sky turn to ground Flying on a swing © Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 