It’s summer here in my little corner of the world, and I’m on vacation. I’m headed to an island, with my paints and my pens and my Bear! So over the next several days, I’ll be reposting favorites:
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You can tell, by the flicker in my eyes, I’m
not ready, a little bit crazy, mad
and messy — apt to spin into a storm, as
quickly as a flame-feathered phoenix, rising from hell
but you see me — know my fire — and
still you sit beside me, solid as the earth where I
find my feet — ground myself. You don’t
flinch, don’t falter. I know you have
my back, in every eruption, every rebirth, every time.
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POETIC FORM
golden shovel – Take a line (or lines) from a poem you like. Use each word as an end word in your poem. Keep the end words in order. Credit the original poet, ie. “-after (poet)”.
POEM A DAY NOVEMBER 2015 – PROMPT:
For today’s prompt, write a simmer down poem.
For more information, check out– http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2015-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-7.
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