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Birds of Mariupol

Twittle on the wing

Assembled by writer in PowerPoint using: “Snow Buntings” by airboy123 licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, and the Ukraine flag/map by Elionas from Pixabay

Mariupol lies in ruins
yet its life spirit still sings
Birds, take flight with its seeds,
freedom wins when given new wings

© Carolyn Hastings 2022

Dedicated to the people of Mariupol who have been displaced by the Russian attack on their city, and to the Ukrainian troops who courageously defended the city’s last bastion of resistance at the Azovstal Steel Works.

I have written this twittle in response to Paper Poetry’s Week 14 micropoetry prompt: wings.

Calling out to a few poetry friends to join us in the prompt — Dennett | Priyanka Srivastava | Erika Burkhalter | Kimberly Hampton Nilsson | Jenine Bsharah Baines 🙏✨

Please find the details for the prompt here -

Wings To Spread

A winged, spiritual message from Dr. Fatima Imam in Well-Equipped —