with a smile she slices
a path in the grass for the wind —
a machete of ice
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pic & poem rachel mcalpine cc by 2.0
A NOTE: Yesterday I strode up to the Mt Victoria lookout to prepare for a whole day at the New Zealand International Festival, four consecutive films. It was bracing! and at the top, a City Council worker was cutting the grass, and clearly enjoying herself.
my skyline
show your profile
in the leaky light of dawn
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pic & haiku rachel mcalpine cc by-4.0
no words
just a feathery strength
aiming for the sky
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pic & haiku rachel mcalpine cc-by-2.0
shadow on the page
I am relaxed
about giving this a go
nobody depends on me
and mundane chores
matter as much as inspiration
drop the hierarchy of jobs
yet some bring joy
I starve when they go ago
it’s a process to pause and notice
right now ‘cos dot dot dot
I stopped writing
I don’t like rushing ahead
I prefer to stop halfway
I need to think
pic & poem by rachel mcalpine cc-by-4.0
(Found in morning pages, free writing a la The Artist’s Way)
Poems in the wild—Rachel McAlpine 