Virginal Love
poem Elizabeth Russell poem Elizabeth Russell

Virginal Love

Who is she who can know my sorrow?

What woman, blameless, has lost the love

of a good man?

Truly, if I am without fault,

and he without guilt,

what woman can know my sorrow?

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The Invitational Hand
Elizabeth Russell Elizabeth Russell

The Invitational Hand

Have you ever met the girl with the invitational handt? Her soul flows from her in a joyous stream and when you meet her, I promise that you want to run to her, stretch out your arm, and fill your little cup from her running waters.

She is an abundant soul, consumed with learning how to love, and consumed with giving love away.

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The Nutcracker
Elizabeth Russell Elizabeth Russell

The Nutcracker

White flakes falling in the silence of the house at night

And the festive lights flickering in the fire’s gracious sight;

A tree in living room bedecked like a royal crown

Shining tinsel in ruby red, with gold it glistens round

the structure of the evergreen, structure ever sound.

The room is ready, ready laid, the hearth is roaring fair,

And merry laughs of Christmasing are joyous, without care.

A sound sounds forth in sparkling song

Of triumph, hark the king who rights all wrongs;

A song that heralds, here comes the first of all the guests,

A song that harks, harks an uncle, him whose loved the best.

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Upon the Shore
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

Upon the Shore

Upon the shore, I stand and wait

A mast, a lighthouse

In the nook of the cape

And the wind whips my dress

It batters and beats

Its paltry attacks

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A Queen’s Marriage - Part 2
Short Story, Fairy Tale Elizabeth Russell Short Story, Fairy Tale Elizabeth Russell

A Queen’s Marriage - Part 2

Today, she sat upon her throne as upon a rock of refuge in the ocean, assailed by the pounding waves of questions and looks and simpers, and carefully, stoically, she kept her gaze straight ahead, looking neither to the right, nor to the left, nor into the eyes of any person.

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A Queen’s Marriage - Part 1
Short Story, Fairy Tale Elizabeth Russell Short Story, Fairy Tale Elizabeth Russell

A Queen’s Marriage - Part 1

She looked out her window at the courtiers filing past below, two-and-two: the wives flirting with the bachelors, the husbands ignoring their women in favor of business, and all their children neglected at home, and she shuddered. No, it was not to them she wished to show her splendor.

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