Hush

Kelly Howarth

Hush
A shallow brook
A hollow tree
Singing nature’s melody

A rustling leaf
A buzzing bee
Singing nature’s melody

A buzzing saw
A falling tree

Food for Thought

Left hemisphere
Right hemisphere
A walnut
Two halves
Brain food

Anticipation

The gift box
Carefully wrapped
Silver foil, red ribbon
The lover
Slowly unwraps

Pro$perity

The smell of money—old money, new money
Crumpled, dirty, sweaty
Crisp, clean, freshly minted
What then, is the smell of success?

Essence

The wind carries all the smells
Of a warm summer day—the clover, the flowers, the grass
The deep fragrances of nature
Inhaled as I pop the lid on a fresh jar of local honey

The Writer’s Block

A painter, a writer
A blank canvas, a blank page
A palette of color, a dictionary
A brush, a pen
A brushstroke, a sentence
Depth and Texture
Grammar and Semantics
Imagination

Once upon a time
There was a painter
Who painted on a canvas
A blank page
She used a palette of color
Painting the dictionary
A brush daubing a pen
Every brushstroke
Is a sentence unwritten
Creating depth
Texturing a story that never was
For the grammar and semantics
Are caught somewhere
In the writer’s imagination
Between the impressionism
Of fact and fiction

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About The Author

Author

Kelly Howarth is a Montreal Writer, Facilitator and Educational Consultant. She writes creatively--to inspire, enlighten and empower--across many genres, including poetry, creative non-fiction, short stories, plays, and children’s picture books. Her debut one act play, entitled In Debted Bliss, placed finalist in the Montreal Film Noir Competition (May, 2010). A prolific writer since age 9, Kelly puts her voice out there with rich characters that come alive through their challenges.