Spark

Small Heat Challenge

By Fiona HowellPublished 6 days ago • 1 min read

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A candle’s flame sparks

a sense of warmth and calmness

deep in winter’s claws.

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Fiona Howell

I am Fiona Howell, an Irish musician and a writer hailing from New Hampshire, US. I have two books out on Amazon: The Locked Box and Blackwood. I have three poems published in anthologies by the Peterborough Poetry Project.

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