Poem#21 – Keepsake
Catching up with April’s Poem-a-Day posts, yesterday’s prompt is from poet Christoper Luna:
Go the website of your favorite poet. Copy the first line in their most recent post, and use it as the first line in your poem.
I chose one of my favorite writer/poets Sandra Cisneros, who’s latest post deals with grief and hope.
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What to do with this grief today?
Bury the thorny knots beneath the ribs
until there is room for nothing else
turn the blinds, lock the doors
trash every song that made you feel
burn every shred of evidence
life was once worth living
no need
to hand over your keys to the house
or to the heart
the locks
have already been changed.
Black Satin 
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Thursday Poets Rally Week 42 (April 21-27) | Promising Poets' Poetry Cafe said this on April 26, 2011 at 3:17 am |
perfectly done.
keep it up.
Great poem on grief. Welcome to the Rally!
invite you sharing a free verse with poets rally today.…12 hours to go before we are closed.
Hope to see you in!
Have A Blessed Thursday!
xxx
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