Cotton Ribbons
Pretty & Practical
Creative writing with a Theological bent.
Recent musings:
Blue
The brilliant yellow-orange flames dance wildly,Flickering, flirting, frolicking,feral and full of energy.She licks the air with her ever-forking tongues,Wafting her hot breath, warming the nightA happy flare – a spirited glow.But gaze down deeper; peer intently into her heart.There you’ll find a calmer blaze of blue.Almost serene; a tender mother.Yet blue burns better than blonder…
Of Frock and Field
She awakens at the crack of dawnHer frosted, pale and shimmering nightgownmelting languidly to the frozen floor.She reaches one arm upstretching, reaching toward the sunrisethe other hand tucked behind her head,A mangled, tangled mess of knotted hairquivering as she unfolds herself from dreamy, wintery sleep. She graces her barish framewith a dressing gown of misty…
A Dawn Companion
Within my hands I hold a cuponce held within another setAnd pirouetted round aboutThen formed into a hollow shapeA muddy hand pulled out the handleEarthenly etched the design in glazeThose fingers, rough and laden downwith clay beneath his shortened nailsWisely placed the vessel deepWithin the fiery depths of kilnAnd waiting just about enoughRetrieved his art…
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