Ceri Marriott is a UK writer, with nature and everyday life providing many sources of inspiration for mainly short forms of poetry such as haiku, tanka and cherita, and short / flash fiction. She has had her work published in print and online in the UK and the USA and recently had her first book, Soirée, published as a recipient of the Cherita Award by The Cherita. Other publishers include Shot Glass Journal, The Fib Review, Poetry Nation, Plum Tree Tavern, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, The Japan Society, London, Friday Flash Fiction, Nottingham Writers' Studio, and Charnwood Arts. Examples of Ceri's writing can be found via Linktree: linktr.ee/ceri_marriott.

Ceri Marriott

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Lacrimosa

And the tears gently fall,
As silent, as veiled as the dying light
When darkness alone witnesses
The fragile breaking from within,
Like the crumbling of a wall,
And all that is left is the black of night.
And the tears gently fall.