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short poetry 2/1
i have a couple of pieces of lined paper in my school binders that i use to write daily short poems. i hope you enjoy reading some of them!!
child of vermont,
the snow thickens the sky
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tu bi'shvat
& the trees outside stand like arrows
in the winter morning, stiff & afraid.
the world is cold, and hard,
and the new february ice lays unforgiving.
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recipe for a snow day
Combine in a large metal mixing bowl:
One wooden spoon or ladle, tucked underneath your pillows
before bed. One pair of old pajamas turned inside out
(backwards may be substituted.)
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sensación de fin de semana / end of the week feeling
(disclaimer: i am not a fluent or native Spanish speaker, obviously. i just enjoy it and am learning it in school so i thought i'd share a short poem i wrote in class.)
jueves
Loves
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human being
last year,
I did a school debate
of why
trans athletes should be able to play in sports
I lost
and I cried
because my teacher
let us pick topics
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Fairytale (writing for two book characters)
Verse one
I grew up believing in magic
In endings tied up with a bow
Thought love was just timing and wishing
Guess I didn’t know -
Stupid Little Things
stupid little trees
speak to me
through their whispering leaves
they seem to grieve.
stupid little clouds
cry so damn loud
through snow and rain
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no other way out
Streets of Minneapolis by Bruce Springsteen
is so hard to watch when comments
are sobbing about seeing renee's face
or alex pretti's
with flowers piled up and ice agents shooting
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Into Dust
Taking down for now. Revision in progress!!
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Daedalus
I hate that
Icarus gets all the ink.
His hubris penned down for eternity while
His scorched flesh watched on.But never is it Daedalus.
Daedalus, who waits.
The waiting Daedalus.