Finding art in the everyday, and writing it down.

Melinda J. Irvine

Freelance Writer, creative, and blogger dedicated to the creative development and wellbeing of marginalised children everywhere. Reach out for your next writing assignment.

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dead leaf

Leaves by the Riverbank

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barbed blade and broken
midrib, cobweb netted vein
cover river sand in your story

dead leaf
Sitting by the river holding a dead leaf, imagining her story. A bud. A leaf proudly flapping in the wind, before falling to earth. Her decomposing body slowly eaten by fat beetles and caterpillars. Finally covered in river sand until a random human hand pulls her back to the light.
To engage fully in the work of art, all you really need are the skills you already have. ERIC BOOTH.
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