The back of my mind is a freezer
you never know what you'll stumble upon--
cake left from the perfect birthday, frozen dumplings for nights when
cooking feels like drowning
it's fun, if you're in the mood
pluck out three things and
find their meaning,
try for a meal
I try for poems,
mix-and-match with moments and metaphors,
frozen peas and leftover fish,
taking inventory in spiral-bound notebooks
do words ever expire? do feelings grow stale?
poems have no ingredient lists
they come from everywhere
you never know what you'll stumble upon--
cake left from the perfect birthday, frozen dumplings for nights when
cooking feels like drowning
it's fun, if you're in the mood
pluck out three things and
find their meaning,
try for a meal
I try for poems,
mix-and-match with moments and metaphors,
frozen peas and leftover fish,
taking inventory in spiral-bound notebooks
do words ever expire? do feelings grow stale?
poems have no ingredient lists
they come from everywhere
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TreePupWriter
Apr 04, 2021
Semi-inspired by Naomi Shihab Nye's poetry--she's a really amazing poet!! Also I wanted to thank you guys again for title strategies on Tiny Writes, they were really helpful and i had to refer back to them today :)