Fingers of light stroke the dew-soaked grass, sparkle in the dew, flicker through the willow; I raise the window blind and let them in. On my lap there’s a warm cat, in my hand my favourite cup of tea to sip. All around me calm and quiet – a poem blooms. Kim M. Russell, 17th […]
Tag: Inspiration
Weaving
A weaver, when she has prepared her loom, Lifts and depresses threads using a comb, A rigid heddle to help create a gap And stop the cloth collapsing in her lap. She knots and loops a rainbow of design With different wools and silks, both thick and fine, Depending on the outcome of it all: […]
I have been inspired…
by a black and white photograph on the fabulous photographic blog by Paul Militaru. Dandelion The lion’s tooth Tells me that it’s time, Its seeded clock a sign Of season’s change, Golden florets of summer Are all gone, And blowballs Have exploded Into full sphere. Many-seeded fruits Now waft away, Puffed on by a child Or […]
Using an image as inspiration
This is based on an exercise we did in a creative writing group last year. Photo by Robert Capa (1913 – 2000) Footsteps echoed on the cobbled street. Mama held on to my arm, in the same way as the bald woman held on to that child, the one everyone’s eyes were on. We had […]
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