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Free Spirit

18 Tuesday Apr 2017

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I am a free spirit –

I go where the North winds take me,

whilst the restless dried leaves tumble and fall,

the bitter breeze blows,

calling them.

 

I am in no man’s land –

free as the mountain streams,

following gravity’s pull to conditionality,

quietly seeping to the core,

deep down, calcified,

no one knows me,

no one owns me,

being a free spirit,

is lonely.

 

Free Spirit by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

2016

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Homecoming

20 Monday Apr 2015

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large flock of canada geese flying in silhouette at twilight, vertical frame

The geese flew north­ward home,
as the rains came down and quenched the ground,
and the winds bemoaned a lullaby.

The trees bowed down their lofty tops,
and the sun­burned leaves fan­dango farewell,
as the geese flew north­ward home.

The rivers rushed down to greet them,
and the curlews cried and cheered them on,
as the geese flew north­ward home.

Ticker tape leaves lay out a parade,
with a car­pet of clouds to has­ten their way,
as the geese flew north­ward home.

They squadroned a skein of for­ma­tions,
and the cur­rents caressed their wings,
The brown and black Peaks, to match their beaks,
as they flew north­wards home.

© Alexan­dra Carr-​​Malcolm 2015

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Morning Glory

05 Sunday Apr 2015

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WHATS THE STORY Morning Glories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sun is dawning

and a new day forming

I see the brightness in the sky

let me hope this morning glory

swiftly brings me to my lover’s side

 

© Morning Glory 05.04.15

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

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Trees

10 Monday Mar 2014

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Matchmaker trees,

trunks of knobbly knees,

arthritic twigs,

that creak in the breeze.

A splutter of leaves,

yellowed nicotine trees,

the breath of a smoker,

lets out a wheeze.

We’re dying, they weep,

as autumn does creep,

within crispy veins,

as they lay down to sleep.

 

© Trees 28.09.2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

 

Ash Tree in Fall (Photo credit: hz536n/George Thomas)

Thistledown

23 Sunday Feb 2014

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Step quietly, step quietly,

tread lighter still,

do not wake her,

with footprints shrill.

 

Step forth, step forth,

with thistledown toes,

footfall snow,

so nobody knows.

 

And when you are gone,

they will say,

and what of that girl,

did she pass this way?

 

© Thistledown 23.02.2014

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

 

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Murmuration

03 Saturday Aug 2013

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Starlings forming fascinating formations over ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I lay upon the grass

and gaze into the sky,

I see a flock of starlings

scoot and flit on by.

 

Starlings are a noisy bunch,

it’s true they cannot sing;

but they are, oh so graceful,

as they dance upon the wing.

 

As I lay upon the grass,

they swoop and glide on by.

I see a flock of starlings,

have a disco in the sky.

 

© Murmuration 03.08.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Starlings forming fascinating formations over Tøndermarsken, south-west Jutland, Denmark. Image from http://www.pdfnet.dk. Material is in Public Domain. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Winter’s Hoar

17 Thursday Jan 2013

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Hoar frost on a rose.

 

 

 

 

 

No money can her beauty buy,

enchanting all she touches,

virgin white and transient,

the hoar frost kiss the bushes.

 

Spider’s webs of crystal tears,

furry leaves of velvet feathers,

stalagmite grass revering skies,

leidenfrost cloaks of weather.

 

© Winter’s Hoar 17.01.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Hoar frost on a rose. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Summer

24 Thursday May 2012

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English: Summer field in Belgium (Hamois). The...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer balm weighs heavy

my heart can hear the trill

of eloquent seasons intentions

to nature’s clock fulfil

 

But… O’er the nest is empty

remains there barren still

as lacewings dance the Maypole

to appease the Mother’s will

 

© Summer 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

English: Summer field in Belgium (Hamois). The blue flower is Centaurea cyanus and the red one a Papaver rhoeas. Français : Un champ en été en Belgique (Hamois). La fleur bleue est un bleuet des champs et la rouge un coquelicot. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rainbow

22 Sunday Apr 2012

Posted by in Deep Stuff!, Longing & Waiting, Poetry

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A Thing of Beauty

You are as strange as a rainbow,
so rarely seen.
You seem real enough,
your bright colours gleam.
I cannot hold you,
touch you,
reach you,
I cannot find your source;
the calm after my storm,
nature with a force.
You are not solid
nor a fanciful flight,
with no use or purpose,
just a beautiful sight.

© Rainbow 2012

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Self made rainbow, made in home garden.

Self made rainbow, made in home garden. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)