liezel graham

author | poet | thread artist

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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.

Tag: on loss

  • The gifts of loss.

    losshas filled my mouth with songbirds. — in return © Liezel Graham 2021. Image by Łukasz Rawa on Unsplash. a few years ago i wrote a short poem which contained this line. i stumbled across it this morning. when loss walks beside us, she always brings gifts with her. in the wildness of her immediate…