Broken Monoku--By Ralph Stott--England

broken monoku

..........wind-chimes
....................budding twigs play cat's-cradle
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.....land of hope and glory
.............an Inuit cuts a hole
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..........a tulip's petals close
..................a man writes by candlelight
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......a care-home
................a kitten in a tree
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.....chocolate-fingers
..................happy hands

Ralph Stott was born in Kent, England in 1957. He is married and has two daughters.  He studied design at the Medway College of Design in the mid-70's. Expressing ideas through the written/visual media, has always interested him. Ralph began to dedicate more time to poetry with The Writers and Poetry Alliance, in particular the 'Stylists' forum, over the last 3 years. He has self published one book called Legends For Lunchtime; a collection of short stories and has a second book pending called The Sounding.