June is not for rain
June is for the buttery sun, melted
For wading in its warm yellow puddles
June is for sticky sweet
blossoms and popsicle stains
For the whirring thrum
of insect wings
And sand in our everything
and our everywhere
June is for forgetting January
For gently baking ourselves
Till done.
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Categories: Poetry, Writing
- Published:
- June 11, 2010 – 5:06 am
- Author:
- By Kym
I’m beginning to understand Dr. Frankenstein. The compelling urge to create new life. The thrill, the rush, the desire to shout out “It’s aliiiiive!” when the miraculous feat finally comes to pass. This is what writing is becoming for me. This is what I’m beginning to realize writing IS.
As a child [...]
Categories: Writing
- Published:
- May 13, 2010 – 8:40 am
- Author:
- By Kym
Sometimes I feel like the stories bouncing around in my head, clamouring to be written, have all been written before. Literary history is replete with ordinary people suddenly made heroes. With shy glances and the sudden blossoming of love. With spectacles and wonders. With worlds that exist only in the confines [...]
Categories: Writing
- Published:
- May 1, 2010 – 1:09 pm
- Author:
- By Kym
Dear Neil,
Thank you for making such an impressively huge mess while I was away. Truly. I am in awe. And I’m so grateful that you didn’t do my job better than me. After the (positive) emotional upheaval of the last few days it was nice to come home and feel so [...]
Categories: Humour?, Letters from Kim, Writing
- Published:
- April 27, 2010 – 11:53 am
- Author:
- By Kym