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April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 ~ liezel graham ~ Leave a comment

A weekend of long walks and looking up.

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the poet fears the loss of words to rearrange on paper, and . there are many places in the heart that a drought can happen, but . last night i told my son a story before sleep claimed him from me, . . and he laughed, . and laughed. . his mouth a happy moon in a dark night, and . this morning my words carried the sun on their shoulders as they left my mouth to call him back, and . he heard, and smiled in his sleep. . that is how far they can travel when they do not need my permission. . the poet fears the loss of words that will obey her on paper, but . see how many quiet ones slip out when she is not looking, but . they will not be shaped into poems where they do not want to live. . no. . some words are made to fall all over sleep-soft skin. . they are made entirely of love. . — my words are always making poems. . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photograph by Magda Ehlers. . . . #poetry #poems #poetsofinstagram #raisingboys #raisingaboy #words #wordsmith #writersblock #indiepoet #indiepoetry #wotd #wordporn #poetryporn #spilledink #spilledthoughts #iweepinink #liezelgraham #liezelgrahampoetry #whenwordsfail #poetrycommunity #scottishpoets #glasgowpoets

the afternoon shadows are long and thin. . they climb through my window, . lie down on my bed, unable to hold themselves up. . through the wall i hear my neighbour pray. . his afternoon Asr is a soft, rhythmic breath. . my ears do not know the words that are falling from his mouth. . but still, they fall quietly on my shoulders—made from strong things that i didn’t know i needed. . i wonder if he knows how far his prayer has travelled today, and how much work it has already done. . — i will take this holiness that walks through walls. . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photograph by Leah Flaviah. . . At midday, Sunday, my brother lost his phenomenally brave fight against pancreatic cancer. I was not there to say goodbye and I am not able to travel home to South Africa from Scotland, either. My heart is broken. I will miss him forever. . My heart has been searching for snatches of peace and hope ever since then. Having lost my beautiful Gran earlier this year as well, this has been a year of profound loss for me. Still, I keep searching for beauty and sometimes it finds me—travels through walls and settles on my shoulders. . For this, I am grateful. . . #spilledink #spilledthoughts #iweepinink #pancreaticcancer #death #words #wordsmith #poetry #poetryporn #grief #griefquotes #asr #prayer #liezelgraham #poetsofinstagram #immigrant #hope #deathofasibling

walk me back to the beginning of us. . from — a deconstruction of us. . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photograph by Rahul. . This is a line from an as yet, unpublished poem. . I have left it as is — no further explanation as to the ‘why’, but there is of course, an invitation to the reader to finish that sentence in their head and in their heart. . Love is always a daring journey — a risk that requires vulnerability, courage and the willingness to be hurt. . Love deeply. Love extravagantly. . liezel . . . . #poetry #micropoetry #micropoem #woman #words #wordsmith #relationshipquotes #deconstruction #love #spilledink #spilledthoughts #iweepinink #liezelgraham #liezelgrahampoetry #poetess #poetrycorner #poetrycommunity #poetryporn #potd

if you have placed your heart in my hands, then let me be the rain that waters it. . . i don’t know how else to love. . — this is all i know. . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photograph by Donald Tong. . . . . #lovepoetry #love #lovequotes #woman #wordsmith #words #poetry #poetryporn #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #potd #indiepoet #indiepoetry #liezelgraham #liezelgrahampoetry #beautifulwords #livelove #belove #letyourselfbeloved #rain #spilledink #spilledthoughts #iweepinink #thisishowilove #relationships

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