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Sara L Russell

Poet, Artist, Goth, Time-traveller.

Founded Poetry Life & Times and edited it for 8 years. Have had poems featured on various websites including Artvilla, Authorsden and Richard Vallance's Sonnetto Poesia, which is now printed as a chapbook.

Founder of The Video Poets; have made a lot of video poetry recitals.
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Madame Butterfly  by Sara L Russell

12/3/12 16:15pm

The painted lady waiting in the wings
Now parts her lips to sing her lover's name;
She enters, arms spread outwards as she sings

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Mar 12
Lullaby For Romeo  by Sara L Russell

21/2/12    16:09pm

How lovely is my dearest one in sleep,
A fair whisper of who he was before;
Silence has fallen in the castle keep,

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Feb 22
Slippage (for my Sister)  by Sara L Russell

15/2 /12        02:07

She's slipping through the loopholes in my prayers
Defying all attempts to wish her well
The world at large so little knows or cares

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Feb 15
Season of Black  by Sara L Russell

8/2/2012 16:37

For winter I wear black.
not one spark of colour
shall break my mourning for this

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Feb 8
#YouAreBeautiful - Twitter Trending Topic Poem  by Sara L Russell

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#YouAreBeautiful in my mind's eye when you are not before me;
shimmering like sunlit leaves after rain; your name is the breath of a mantra

#YouAreBeautiful I say; let no-one deny or despute it;

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Feb 2
Sara L Russell
liked Blue Fairy by Cara DeRose Jan 29
wrote a reaction to Blue Fairy by Cara DeRose Jan 29
became a fan of Cara DeRose Jan 29
Sleep Angel  by Sara L Russell

Passiflora Petals flank my pillow,
Valerian's the pollen on my brow,
My thought flies where night clouds rise and billow,
and dream-ships sail with angels at the bow.

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Jan 29
Dreams of Summer  by Sara L Russell

All the glitter and the baubles and the fake razzamataz,
Forced jollity and bonhomie berating me by turns;
The jostling and shoving in the shops and all that jazz,
The same unwanted present where the giver never learns;

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Nov 16, 2011
The Curse of Medusa  by Sara L Russell

By Sara L Russell
00:58, 7/11/11

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Nov 7, 2011
Song of the Sirens  by Sara L Russell

29/9/11 00:01am

Come cease thy journey, come to us
Odysseus, Odysseus,
Come silently away;

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Sep 29, 2011
Sara L Russell
wrote a reaction to a flick of fingers by Scott Krave Sep 12, 2011
liked rippling projections by Scott Krave Sep 12, 2011
A Lullaby For New York  by Sara L Russell

Dark shadows swirl their way into Cabrini Boulevard,
The pigeons rise to scatter as they slowly pass along,
The pretzel seller finds his eyes are misted, caught off-guard.
A subway busker starts to play a doleful Elvis song.

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Sep 11, 2011
Cloudscapes  by Sara L Russell

Gazing into the bright dome of the sky
Through veils and drifting continents of cloud
Suspended lost dimensions travel by
I hear the universe dreaming aloud.

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Aug 28, 2011
Sara L Russell
wrote a reaction to butterfly by Lauren Ashley Mar 17, 2011
liked butterfly by Lauren Ashley Mar 17, 2011
wrote a reaction to Letters To Aphrodite - A Trilogy by KPM Feb 23, 2011
joined the group Insomniacs Unite! Feb 3, 2011
Solace  by Sara L Russell

02:34 19/12/2010


When all is closing in from every side
When no-one else perceives the good in you

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Dec 18, 2010
The Ballad of the UK Film Council  by Sara L Russell

19:14pm,  23/08/2010

I

What names of high renown lie here within,

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Aug 23, 2010
Sara L Russell
joined the group Shakespeare! Jul 10, 2010
joined the group Edgar Allan Poe- A Tribute! Jul 5, 2010
joined the group "For Whom The Bell Tolls"-John Donne Rocks! Jul 5, 2010
joined the group The Mutual Admirer's Society Jul 5, 2010
wrote a reaction to Walking Home by Jo Shaw Jul 5, 2010
THE INSOMNIAC'S PRAYER  by Sara L Russell

The ripening berries
Summer's last blaze
when her breath is of jasmine
and phlox is her sigh
Let me dream then,

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Jun 24, 2010
Sara L Russell
joined the group 2012! Jun 14, 2010
The Meaning / part 2: In Search of Angels  by Sara L Russell

Upon some past and distant day
I thought I heard love’s music play
Saw Dante’s angels rise and fall
and Babel crumbling through it all.
Communication was breaking down

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Apr 29, 2010
Trending Topic Poem: #SomewhereRightNow  by Sara L Russell

SomewhereRightNow
you are awake in the world, made of love and beauty;
and the wings on your heels will take you wherever you want to go.

#SomewhereRightNow

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Apr 17, 2010
A Trending Topic (twitter) poem, 6/4/10  by Sara L Russell

iwishicould go to Buckingham Palace,
to dine & drink from a golden chalice;
#iwishicould be Her Majesty,
but #WhatsThePoint I'm only me

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Apr 6, 2010
Sara L Russell wrote a reaction to Words the counterpoint to our pain of existence by Patti Masterman-Heterodynemind
A very compelling poem on the hurtful power of words. Thanks for sharing! This deserves more than one read.
Apr 5, 2010
The Artist and the Angel  by Sara L Russell

(aka Pinky Andrexa)
4/4/10 02.09am


I am walking in a daydream under skies forever grey,

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Apr 3, 2010
End of Illusion (For Barry)  by Sara L Russell

END OF ILLUSION
(For Barry)
by Sara L. Russell (Pinky Andrexa)

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Nov 1, 2009
He Whom The Light Loves  by Sara L Russell

He Whom The Light Loves
by Sara L. Russell aka Pinky Andrexa


Where is he today, he whom the light loves,

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Oct 25, 2009
A Vampire Tale  by Sara L Russell

In 4 sonnets, by Sara L. Russell
(aka Pinky Andrexa) 2/6/03

I

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Oct 18, 2009
Picturesque  by Sara L Russell

by Sara L. Russell (aka Pinky Andrexa)


I'll paint you in the colours of a day
Rose -madder sunrise, amber, burnished gold;

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Oct 11, 2009
Kissonnett  by Sara L Russell

01:12 25/09/2008

Come gentle lover, let me share your air
and taste the kisses only your lips bring,
Speaking in tongues, my hands lost in your hair,

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Sep 20, 2009
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