NaPoWriMo Day 17: Headlines, Through a Glass Darkly
Powerful poetry shared by a talented writer.
Five Short Poems with Titles taken from Weird Headlines
Why you can’t go see the Charter of Rights and Freedoms — in a museum or anywhere else
Gender is a noose
Tied around my neck by ink
A paper body
Too flammable to protect
Put me behind glass
Does it matter that there are microplastics in our lungs?
False gardens floating
In apathetic air
To breathe is a gift
Human embodiment of all the worst people in your poli sci seminar running for conservative leader
It doesn’t hurt when the arrows hit me. I don’t know what dysphoria means until I have to.
Rape culture grows in my stomach like bacteria on a petri dish and I’m infected by it.
I don’t watch the news until I have to. I’m infected by it.
I vote knowing that it won’t change anything. I live and die a pariah when the arrows…
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I like these poems, John, they have depth and beauty, also the rawness of pain. All through them all your love of poetry shines through like a life force.❤🌷❤
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Me too dear Carolyn. An amazing writer.
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🙂❤🌷❤
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