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    Embodied

    By Kayla Collingwood

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    "Embodied" is a collection of 50 poems by singer and writer Kayla Collingwood. Written over a period of five years (after relocating from New Zealand to Europe), the selected works are inspired by reality, fiction, love, life, art, music, dear ones, strangers.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKayla Collingwood
    Release dateSep 12, 2022
    ISBN9782958476212
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      Embodied - Kayla Collingwood

      embodied

      Kayla Collingwood

      The culmination of inspiration

      extracted from valleys and mountains:

      congruent occurrences and observations,

      bubbling words burst out like rocketing fountains.

      Five years of prismatic tears

      elicited from keepers of secrets and mysteries,

      murky thoughts turned crafted and clear,

      finding their way into lyrical stories.

      embodied

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic methods without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      ©2022 by Kayla Collingwood

      www.kaylacollingwood.com

      contact@kaylacollingwood.com

      Cover design ©2022 by Kayla Collingwood

      ISBN (e-book): 978-2-9584762-1-2

      This book is also available in physical form.

      ISBN: 978-2-9584762-0-5

      contents

      Anticipation

      Hidden Worlds

      In Harmony

      Daybreak

      Tongue

      Stay

      Secret Path

      Closer

      Desiderium

      Missing

      Wait

      Attention

      Dangerous Game

      Moonglade

      3 A.M.

      White Room

      Presence

      Prologue

      Without You

      Language

      Fallen Woman

      Vanitas

      There’s something about you

      Trance

      Temporary Lover

      contents

      Love At First Sight

      Flames

      Boy

      Free

      Unpacking

      The Present Moment

      Flight

      Secrets

      Lenses

      Obsession

      Cosmos

      Nymph

      Calathea

      Rose

      Lily

      Garden

      I know enough

      Promise

      Overture

      Graphite

      Flow

      Beloved

      My Home

      Open Road

      Embodied

      Anticipation

      The twinkling

      of twilight

      gives me

      an inkling

      of your being

      imminently

      invading

      the evening.

      I am feeling

      a sunrise

      arriving,

      caressing,

      disarming me,

      increasing

      the desire

      you’re inspiring.

      Hidden Worlds

      Just beneath the

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