liezel graham

author | poet | thread artist

I am a storyteller and a poet.

I use words and thread, pencil and needle, paper and fabric.

my work is an ongoing conversation with myself.

Category: prose and longer writings

  • I am watching my son, eleven-and-a-bit years, eat his lunch. He has the same meal every day—oven chips, carrot and chicken. He takes comfort in the familiar—needs it, like he needs oxygen. He is using both a fork and a knife. More than that—he is using ordinary cutlery. He no longer needs specially shaped knives,…