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Imogene’s Notebook

Winter’s Womb

A poem

1 min readDec 30, 2023

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Beautiful curly-haired hare under winter blossoms and full moon

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The Wind Phone

The Creek

An essay

3 min readFeb 20, 2024

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The Creek

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Anna West
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Imogene’s Notebook

For Ukraine

A poem

1 min readNov 26, 2023

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For Ukraine

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Anna West

Silence

I stopped and listened to the silence, heard the silence, the noisy silence I heard the worlds within worlds, the noisy chatter of a…

1 min readNov 26, 2023

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Silence

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Anna West

Born Still

I was watching a gothic tableau play out from the corner of a hospital room. A pale girl lay on the bed below. Dark hair on white pillows…

8 min readNov 18, 2023

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Born Still

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Long. Sweet. Valuable.

The Irishman

I never knew your name. I don’t need to know it to remember, your wild heart branded my soul.

6 min readNov 15, 2023

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The Irishman

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Anna West

The Pomegranate

I put a pomegranate in his hands. His hands once strong and brown, long fingered, now rested empty of life. Closed. Wrapped like torn paper…

5 min readNov 15, 2023

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The Pomegranate

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Anna West

Empty Skin Woman

One hot, late summer afternoon, three children playing down by the river thought they saw some frayed, sun-bleached cloth caught in the…

2 min readApr 23, 2021

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Empty Skin Woman

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Anna West

Silent Night ~ a Tanka

night, silent, breathing the sound of light touching earth kissing her sweetly silence caressing silence bringing forth its sound of love

1 min readFeb 19, 2020

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Silent Night ~ a Tanka

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Anna West

Burned — a Tanka

the lucky country blackened, burned, devastated yet, in blackened soil radiant life reaches, blooms and with hope will thrive again

1 min readFeb 8, 2020

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Burned — a Tanka

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Anna West

Anna West

Traveller. Tea drinker.. Dreamer. Cook. Currently based in London determined to finish my first piece of creative non-fiction, In the Garden of Dark Flowers.

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