Ellen Symons, Author

Writing Spaces

  • Moon slides down

    Moon slides down the sky as if drunk against the wall knees giving way blink and she has slipped below the wires one by one the treetops the rooftops this is the speed of our spinning earth __________ Read more

  • Migration

    Billions of snowflakes rush to earth, giddy to start life in this new world. __________ Feb 24, 2010 Read more

  • Snow Globe

    Snow Globe

    The changes that can take place between the first and final versions of a poem astound me. Sometimes in my poetry journals I am lucky to find both preserved. Here are two approaches from 2010 to a snow-filled morning: haiku, version 2; and the original poem, version 1. It was my year of writing daily… Read more

  • Match girl

    There’s the polished moon again hanging in its velvet sky, and the stars in party clothes– every sunset’s a new occasion to haul out the jewels. The night’s a rich affair invitation only and I linger on the sidewalk like a match girl skirting the houses of the wealthy with their bright lights, laughter, and… Read more

  • Rain god

    The worms throw themselves across rain’s asphalt altar and awake when the ecstasy ends to find their god has gone and sacrificed them to the sun. __________________________ Read more

  • Deep fog hushes all

    Deep fog hushes all distant sounds: and we expand to fill our small world. _________________ Read more

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