speckled egg
the sunlight
on my thoughts
The Heron's Nest, 16:1, March, 2014
Kirsten Cliff Elliot
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
有斑點的雞蛋
陽光
照亮我的想法
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
有斑点的鸡蛋
阳光
照亮我的想法
Bio Sketch
Kirsten
Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high
school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library
Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.
The juxtaposition of speckled egg and shiny thoughts is fresh and visually and emotionally evocative, leaving enough dreaming room for the reader's imagination.
ReplyDeleteNote: "Speckled eggs are pretty normal, as far as abnormal chicken eggs go. They look pretty, and it's wonderful how unique eggs can be. The speckles are actually extra calcium deposits, and are formed when the calcification process is disturbed or there's a defective shell gland."