![](\"http:\/\/ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com\/HelenIvory\/protect-art-2[1].jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n *<\/span>Poem by Helen Pletts<\/span> *<\/span>Image by Romit Berger<\/span> who says\u00a0 \u201cI am a graphic designer. I met my very dear friend, Helen Pletts, in Prague, several years ago. Helen\u2019s inspiration has led my graphic design career into that magical realm which combines illustration and poetry, and our creative wings continue to connect our souls through time and distance.\u201d<\/span> your eye protects \u00a0 the soft-toed snowdrop I tether the thin white legs \u00a0 with a finger of soft soil a scraggling, harboured by worms *Poem by Helen Pletts whose two collections, Bottle bank and For the chiding dove, are both published by YWO\/Legend Press (supported by The Arts Council) and available on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry","category-word-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21019,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions\/21019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}the soft-toed snowdrop<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/p>\nI tether the thin white legs<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nwith a finger of soft soil<\/span><\/span><\/div>\na scraggling, harboured by worms<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nwhose two collections, Bottle bank and For the chiding dove, are both
\npublished by YWO\/Legend Press (supported by The Arts Council) and
\navailable on Amazon. \u2018Bottle bank\u2019 was longlisted for The Bridport
\nPoetry Prize 2006, under Helen\u2019s maiden name of Bannister. You are
\nwelcome to visit www.stem-of-quietly-disarrayed-fertility.com.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"