Ellen Symons, Author

Writing Spaces

  • Me and Mrs. Jones

    Me and Mrs. Jones

    My vehicles have names. What’s a vehicle? Anything with wheels, that I take to go on adventures. Car (Vivi, Mattie), bicycle (Genny, Francie, Gary)… Lawnmower? It’s only since moving to my little two acres, with a big patch of cleared greenery to mow, and a Greenworks battery-powered mower to do it with, that I’ve started… Read more

  • Sums done in the heart

    Sums done in the heart

    One, one and one equals three if you think mathematically. But sums done in the heart have a subtler art – Hazel plus Mabel plus me. ______________________________ Hazel and Mabel are the cats I live with, who have just turned 12 and 7 years old respectively. This is their annual birthday poem. ______________________________ Read more

  • Rooster’s big day

    Rooster opens an eye. Dark. Of course. Gently, he ruffles his feathers, shifts his feet, opens both eyes. Clears his throat. Big day ahead. As usual. He will eat and drink later: now, there’s work to do. He hears movement and knows the black hen is peering toward him. She likes to watch him work,… Read more

  • Waking to the world

    Waking to the world

    Last month, I moved. From a 14-year sojourn in a house in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, with a large vegetable garden, mature trees, and friendly neighbours, within walking distance of shopping centres, bars, and the library, from this place that had always treated me well but always felt too jangled for my soul, my spouse… Read more

  • Morning air:

    Morning air:

    Morning air: thick weave of song – tiny frogs pulse news of earth’s beginnings ____________________ Read more

  • Wishful thinking

    I want to see your heart. I want to peel away your shirt: open the buttons, one by one, lift the fabric from your chest, lay my head on your skin. Listen. Listen, then look deep, deep, into the caves where your secrets lie. I want to make sure, in the caverns where you keep… Read more

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