"Embodied" poetry collection
"Embodied" is my third book of poetry. It is a collection of 50 poems, written over a period of five years...
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kaylacollingwood
- Sep 2, 2022
- 2 min
How to write a poem
Have you ever wanted to write a poem, but didn't know where to start? I am a classical singer and poet, so I both write and sing poetry!
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kaylacollingwood
- Jul 26, 2022
- 2 min
Poet/Librettist: Commission a poem, song text, or libretto from me
Commission a poem, libretto/song lyrics, or something else from writer Kayla Collingwood.
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kaylacollingwood
- May 30, 2018
- 1 min
Wait
The Elysian Fields glisten in the distance, catching my eye with their golden promises. I begin to run; I know the right direction, but...
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kaylacollingwood
- May 17, 2018
- 1 min
Lenses
They offer you their lenses, to filter the streams of colour blazing in your direction, so that you might see more clearly. You press...
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kaylacollingwood
- May 7, 2018
- 1 min
Promise
Shards of broken promises perforated the native plain, fences and walls were built to deter intruders, yet the worst offenders were our...
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kaylacollingwood
- Mar 29, 2018
- 1 min
Daybreak
Softly the light breaks through the night, touches your eyes, dreaming, closed tight. I hear you breathe, and I can't believe that you're...
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kaylacollingwood
- Jan 2, 2018
- 1 min
Prologue
The first chord rises out of expectant silence and a melody gently forms under your fingers, as you shift across the four strings. This...
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kaylacollingwood
- Dec 18, 2017
- 1 min
Flight
The clouds drift low in the winter sky, with no direction of their own, pushed by the wind past the contrail lines, streaking white where...
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kaylacollingwood
- Oct 21, 2017
- 1 min
Tongue
The rhythm of your words, produced by the percussion of your lips, keeps time with the beat of your heart. I can only dream of...
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kaylacollingwood
- Oct 11, 2017
- 1 min
Stay
Intertwined, two strands of life's weaving rest loosely, untied. I sense my own breathing while I feel your heartbeat, awakening my soul...
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kaylacollingwood
- Oct 4, 2017
- 1 min
The Present Moment
Put aside your mind and float away to foreign lands. The daily work is over now - night takes you in her hands. She leads you to the isle...
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kaylacollingwood
- Jun 7, 2017
- 1 min
Woodland :
The starry ceiling sparkles, mirrored by the evening dew, fresh, misty apparitions live beneath the midnight blue. The mossy floor, the...
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kaylacollingwood
- May 28, 2017
- 1 min
Arrow
I press my hand over my defenseless heart, like a protective shield from the piercing dart, slicing through the star-filled night,...
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kaylacollingwood
- May 22, 2017
- 1 min
Dome
I glimpse heaven as I gaze at the painted pocket, a canopy between sky and treasure. A perfect circle encloses a multicoloured...
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