KNOT Magazine
Fall Issue 2022
Tina Clowes Kay
Cold Separation (love letters)
I waited
but you didn't show
still I waited
bitter wind lashed with snow.
....
I fought with my might
horse beat, defeated gave way
heart sunken
bleeds, nothing left.
....
Broken I wept
Tears lingered, frozen on cheeks,
Scars remain
pain goes deeper still.
....
Those cries curse my sleep
pleas ring in my ears,
dragged to my feet
I pull closer to you.
....
I pray the wind stings
If you should drift,
should you give up breath
I pray the wind carries you home.
In love
As barriers fall
rose buds blossom
and we too
fall in love
no longer looking
in another’s garden
the blossom blooms in ours.
Brief encounter
The man behind
doesn't know
why he turned;
something caught
his eye and pulled.
Her radiance
Aroma, allure
pouring from her
as she hurries to meet
her lover.
Caught in
sensual thoughts,
sparks ignite
her aura.
Electricity flits
from her to him
in a subtle
but teasing way.
They briefly touch
as she passes him by
Her, oblivious
to this encounter
blinded by desire.
Rushing hastily to feel
the love of her life.
Alarmed
she stops,
pauses,
wonders why?
the pangs in her stomach
the voice in her head
confused she refuses to see
the real love of her life
at that moment
was passing her by.
Tina Clowes Kay lives in England and is a mother to three boys and a woolly dog named Daisy. She currently works part time in a school for children with special needs which she finds very rewarding. When she's not working she can be found with her head in a book or walking somewhere within nature, tagging her boys along. Her first book, 'Hues of purple and blue' was published in 2013, her second book, 'The Golden Tree' was released 2014 by Brian Wrixons Books - Canada. Her work can also be found in various anthologies and online magazines, including Red Fez, Mad Swirl and Painted Bride Quarterly.