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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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Mar 20, 2006 at 5:46pm
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Prompt 22: Earrings
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Earrings

Spring blooms slip
off the branches,
leaves bend with dew,
and my eyes fill to the brim
as you stomp on the pair of earrings
my gift to you.

I shall never cry again;
my tears promise to never spill
but they'll catch the light
of heavens
to reflect it on the warp
and weft of the carpet
you scream on.

Your mad rage
will steam my years,
leaving a tiny twinge
in its wake,
when its snapshot memory
will pop up,
over and over.

Then, with a stifled laugh,
as if I'm eleven once more,
I'll continue finding
excuses for you,
to grant you a heart
in our collaboration,
Mother!




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Prompt 22: Earrings
· 03-20-06 5:46pm
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