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                      Thought I'd share a poem in English that appeared in Adanna Journal (2019).

                                                                  Hope you enjoy!

QUIET THREADING  

She stills herself

words lost to the world 

her dreams an excuse 

for each shade of loss

nimble fingers threading

daisy chains

sailor knots 

stranded stars

jellyfish ghosts

fleeting colors

sequined moons

and a hearth of suns

 

strand by 

simple strand

hummingbirds, too,

plucked gently 

from southern winds 

the butterflies 

she finds folded into 

the seams of her dresses

softened stitches 

for every wound

compassion a silent 

shimmer

as she murmurs 

a cricket oracle

a siren unfurling 

silvered arias 

into the night

her lovesong 

pure azure

 

perhaps slightly frayed 

at the edges.

Claire Joysmith