General Poetry posted March 26, 2018 Chapters:  ...4 5 -6- 7... 


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Annealed by Fire

by tfawcus

Her life in tatters,
lost, and ash
concealing just the twisted knife,
a melted pot,
and bones;
calcified remains on which to build
the framework of a life again.

I saw her face, annealed by fire,
grey haired and gaunt, with lilac eye.
She gripped her spade,
and then began to dig;
such strength as this our women have.

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Written following recent New South Wales bushfires (March 2018)
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