At the bottom of a stairway to the sky
she dances en pointe
arms raised towards the stars –
a goddess lifted by her Prince
to dizzying heights, bridging her body
over the moon, to meet the sun
on the other side. She flows gently
back to earth, stretches high on her toes,
arms open wide, expanding fingers
to gather in her applause.
© Valerie Morton
Picture 10637665, illustration by Madeleine Robinson, image copyright Mary Evans / Medici
Valerie Morton is the author of two poetry collections – Mango Tree and Handprints, both published by Indigo Dreams Publishing, and her poems appear in a variety of magazines and anthologies. In recent years she has published three anthologies for charity – Elephant – A Poetry of Elephants (2016), Still Born (2019) and Notes in Blue (2021). She has an OU degree in Creative Writing, has taught at a mental health charity and runs workshops for volunteers at a Hertfordshire Pinetum. She is a member of Ver Poets.
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