Poem-a-day catchup
Jun. 2nd, 2023 09:15 amPoem-a-day was completed with 61 posted, and maybe 75 pages of scribbling. I'll dribble the poems out here as I have time and energy. It was a super enjoyable experience!
#43
Some people love like water
Some people love like stone
Some love finds each nook and cranny
Is etched upon every bone
Some love shines bright all in full view
And stands forever enthroned
Some people’s love goes wandering
Or cherishes secret and unknown
Or floats far and wide upon the air
Some people’s love is made to roam
Some people’s love seeks out new lands
Some people’s love stays home
#44 You have news for me.
Compassion for living things
Is as human as killing.
It’s only natural to protect
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#45
There are four of us bent over our pottery
Speaking casually to each other.
I let my fingers trail carelessly through the clay
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#46
I’m sorry I’m not ashamed of the blue stains in my shower
The dye in my hair makes me so happy
I’m sorry there’s dirt on the livingroom floor;
I was transplanting baby plants and got up to take them outside
Then got swept up in the sunshine
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#47 Jackie from insurance
She came running out after me
Out of the office where she worked
My name floating across the parking lot
She wore proper perfume and everything.
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#43
Some people love like water
Some people love like stone
Some love finds each nook and cranny
Is etched upon every bone
Some love shines bright all in full view
And stands forever enthroned
Some people’s love goes wandering
Or cherishes secret and unknown
Or floats far and wide upon the air
Some people’s love is made to roam
Some people’s love seeks out new lands
Some people’s love stays home
#44 You have news for me.
Compassion for living things
Is as human as killing.
It’s only natural to protect
( Read more... )
#45
There are four of us bent over our pottery
Speaking casually to each other.
I let my fingers trail carelessly through the clay
( Read more... )
#46
I’m sorry I’m not ashamed of the blue stains in my shower
The dye in my hair makes me so happy
I’m sorry there’s dirt on the livingroom floor;
I was transplanting baby plants and got up to take them outside
Then got swept up in the sunshine
( Read more... )
#47 Jackie from insurance
She came running out after me
Out of the office where she worked
My name floating across the parking lot
She wore proper perfume and everything.
( Read more... )