Thanks to Catherine K. for a dose of inspiration! Here goes...
The Human Heart
sometimes in need of a stunt double
a sidewalk - busy, then empty
shy like a new campfire
noisy and sweating: a playground
a backyard, partially weeded
a chalkboard (filled and erased, filled and erased)
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Poetry
puddles
and cliffhangers -
sometimes feels like spring,
sometimes, a heavy body.
maybe a beautiful black angel,
a glimpse of a perfumed hand,
the tree you loved best
captured by
thin, gray lines.
a survivor,
a slave, escaping from apathy
teaching people
how to notice:
how to tell a secret
and keep it breathing.
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4 comments:
Woo-hoo for magnetic poetry!
I love the last line of the first poem, especially the "(filled and erased, filled and erased)" part. The second one is really great, too. That website is so fun to use!
I really adore the first poem..The Human Heart one. Strout you are amazing (:
"Shy like a new campfire."
That's a pretty cool expression.
Dear Ms. Strout,
You're poetry is striking. (This is really a comment for all of your poems.) You're poetry offered me the comfort I was looking for.
Thank you.
xo.
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