Featured Poem: Word Angels

By Louise Kantro
Modesto Branch

 

Like a dancer beginning the dance

lightly on your ballet slippers you

float, swoop, glide on your magic carpet

across lines and white spaces.

 

Like last week’s windy rain

you drip, pound, thunder behind my ears

drowning out any thought I had

to vacuum, cook, exercise.

 

Like a wagon traversing rocky dirt

you bump me up and down:

Pay attention! I won’t let you rest!

I will pummel you into submission!

 

Courage! Pick up the pen.

Persist! No more avoiding.

Observe! No easy way out.

Reflect! You must climb inside.

5 comments

  1. Claire Massey says:

    A perfect description of the poet’s muse, prompting her to action, broaching no excuse!
    Claire Massey
    NLAPW Poetry Editor

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