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August 20, 2018 ~ liezel graham

To

rest

in the midst of

the storm

is a

quiet

rebellion.

— Trust.

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poet. storyteller. lover of words. seeker of healing. always searching for more. find me in the woods, or at the ocean’s edge, if only in my head. View all posts by liezel graham

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I am so pleased to announce that my first collection of poems, Stripped, is available on Amazon in softcover and Kindle format. . If you purchase a copy, please could I ask you to consider leaving a review on Amazon and I would love to hear your thoughts on the book! . A very big thank you to each of you for reading my words. Without you, this would not be possible. . Thank you to the talented @onegraphica_bookcoverdesign for the wonderful cover design and @evieshaffer for the beautiful cover photograph. . liezel . . . . #poetry #poetrycommunity #instapoetry #poetrybook #indiepoetry #indiepoetrybooks #indiepoet #modernbritishpoetry #scotland #words #wordsmith #poetryporn #poetrylovers #poetryofinstagram #liezelgraham #iweepinink #spilledink #spilledthoughts #modernpoetry #wordstoliveby

before you know hope, you must know darkness. . — what will you do with this gift? . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photography by Annie Spratt. . . . . #words #wordsofwisdom #wordstoliveby #quotesoftheday #hope #liezelgraham #liezelgrahampoetry #wordsmith #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetryporn #spilledink #spilledthoughts #iweepinink #encouragement #youweremadeforthis #livemoremagic #indiepoetry #indiepoet #anniespratt #amwriting

you have kept your heart a door wide open, . even though once upon a time, . on a darkly quiet street, while everyone was sleeping, or perhaps it was later in a room . in a house, and . four walls, a roof and a locked door are not always safe. . safe as houses they say. . what do they know about hands that you cannot get away from. . the soft sounds of powdery moths circling the tired light, . . and you. . and him. . and someone walked in and . took what they wanted, . dirty footprints all over the floor, and . left. . before you knew how to say . no. . and how long have you searched and searched . a map of the world in other men’s eyes, but still . you live your life standing on cliff edges, . your hands a white flag, . surrendered. . hope, in wild portions everywhere you go. . look at you. . bringing them in. bringing them home. talking them off bridges, . and ledges with full stops as endings. . you never give up throwing mercy into the wind, . letting grace grow green in the dust. . you . are an exclamation mark of defiant joy! . do you know how beautiful brave looks on you? . — white flags on dark streets. (for elizabeth) . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photograph by Chris Liu. . . . #liezelgraham #liezelgrahampoetry #spilledink #spilledwords #spilledthoughts #iweepinink #brave #bravesoul #courage #poetry #poetrycommunity #words #wordstoinspire #encourage #indiepoetry #indiepoet #wordswordswords #amwritingpoetry #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poema #postoftheday #scotland

today i saw a woman . in an orange jumper and a red floral skirt . creased . from all the living she had already done by noon . brown hair unbrushed . rebelliously wild . and when she smiled at me the soft skin around her eyes showed me how much she loves to laugh in colour . at life . a history lesson in joy . and for a moment she was the most beautiful thing that i had ever seen, and . i wonder if she knows this when she looks at herself in the mirror at night. . — the woman who laughed in colour. . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photography by Kate Kozyrka. . Today at the library I saw a woman in a wrinkled, rumpled outfit, no make-up and with her hair unbrushed and a little wild, but when she smiled at me she lit the room up, and her smile was like an explosion of colour, and I hope she knows just how beautiful she is, and how her face spoke of her love for life, and it was a pure, intoxicating thing to witness. . liezel . . . #woman #liezelgraham #liezelgrahampoetry #indiepoetry #indiepoet #poetry #spilledink #spilledthoughts #youarebeautiful #realbeauty #words #wordsmith #poetsofinstagram #instagram #smile #iweepinink #poetryporn #poetrycommunity #poetrylove #poetrylovers #scotland #scottishpoets #wordstoliveby #encouragement #wordswithqueens

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