THE WINGED MOON
ANCESTRY
Kamakshi Lekshmanan
noticed, felt. As I put my
feet on the fading frost, on a trail
in a world appearing to unfurl
by the edge of River Colne, I heard the Robins
ring their songs deep into
my sensory.
the flakes of cocoa mud
bordered by flavours of spring
marooned by the occasional wind
is where I discovered the mystery
of the English weather-
the webby flakes of snow
feather touch rains
blues of the rainbow
the fanta sky
all as a chorus
or in solitude
appear and disappear
the Wivenhoe walk
lifted me on a trail
a path I walked
a red thread is a primal proverb
connecting the gone
and a today
a brief timeline
between me and a land..
..a nightingale sang
the farewell song..
the kind of farewells I long!
ART CLOUDY MOUNTAINSCAPE by ELISE WEHLE
Elise Wehle’s artwork has been exhibited across Europe and the United States. Notably, the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design showed her work, and the Guardian and the Observer featured her pieces in print and online. She continues to exhibit her work both nationally and internationally at art fairs and galleries. The unifying thread that runs through all her work is the interference of the image by geometric design. She currently lives in Orem, Utah with her husband and three children.
Kamakshi Lekshmanan holds an MA in Wild Writing from the University of Essex, UK. Memories Became Paperboats and Puliinji ( her debut memoir) and her love for poetry is a constant work in progress. She constantly looks for opportunities where she can contribute her experiences from the wild – to art and poetry. She has recently joined as an editor at The Autoethnographer Journal Florida. Her photo essays and poetry can be found in – Zoo’s print magazine, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, The Alluvian, The wildroof Journal, thebloom.news, The Hopper Magazine, contributor – Botany of Gaia – A nature-inspired anthology- Quillkeepers Press.