Thank you for this new knowledge point! I had no idea it took that long for the fires to be extinguised, and I loved your analysis and argument for why more needs to be done to fix this issue long term. "environmental disasters are “natural” rather than policy-shaped" really stuck out to me. Bravo for your research and expertise you brought here to ywp. Keep writing!
The power and heart in this poem gave me goosebumps. Every line. Every deserves someone who cares as much as you do about the people around you. And you have such a way with words as your passion and urgency grows. Your voice rings true in this piece and I hope you can do a spoken word with this someday. Keep writing.
what an exquisite poem. I love the title and the line breaks and the pauses feels like breaths as she dances and the second stanza is my favorite, especially the pause after "shining in the gentle light of the moon" Amazing. Keep writing.
I think this is both a really great photo and poem! I think it's a very valuable exercise for writers to practice writing from images, much the same way a painter makes a still life.
A lovely ode and response to this challenge. Keep writing!
Thank you for this new knowledge point! I had no idea it took that long for the fires to be extinguised, and I loved your analysis and argument for why more needs to be done to fix this issue long term. "environmental disasters are “natural” rather than policy-shaped" really stuck out to me. Bravo for your research and expertise you brought here to ywp. Keep writing!
The power and heart in this poem gave me goosebumps. Every line. Every deserves someone who cares as much as you do about the people around you. And you have such a way with words as your passion and urgency grows. Your voice rings true in this piece and I hope you can do a spoken word with this someday. Keep writing.
what an exquisite poem. I love the title and the line breaks and the pauses feels like breaths as she dances and the second stanza is my favorite, especially the pause after "shining in the gentle light of the moon" Amazing. Keep writing.
That… makes a TON of sense actually!
I think this is both a really great photo and poem! I think it's a very valuable exercise for writers to practice writing from images, much the same way a painter makes a still life.
Thank you so much!
This is beautiful 😭! I love the ending, the metaphor with the flowers really sealed it up nicely!
aw I love this!! "busy becoming" is such a good line :D
thank you! I really never know how to end my poems so that’s lovely to hear