Constance Spry, by Mary Lincoln

Constance Spry, by Eileen Cooper (UK) 2015. Click image for artist site.

Constance Spry

stem
hands
many petaled crown
strength
between
bold
  outlines>
skin
flower
sharing
hue
with
fragrant space
<eyes
gaze
not
at
held bloom
but
in reflection
on
that
encounter
when
love
halting
perennial ascent
sought
a life
to seal
a
  bond>
as
love
fades
beauty present
and
remembered
make
breath
falter
<solitary
girl
single
rose
solace
in
i
s
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l
a
t
i
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n

Mary Lincoln

Alongside her career as a performer and playwright, Mary Lincoln has always written poetry.  She has recently completed a short course in poetic form at Goldsmiths University (London) during which she was introduced to the Ekphrastic