Writing until the light goes out

Writing until the light goes out

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Writing until the light goes out
Writing until the light goes out
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #7
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New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #7

Two new poems from a potential new collection...

Jun 18, 2024
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Writing until the light goes out
Writing until the light goes out
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #7
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poems are sometimes like photographs


sketching a life in fragments
occasional impressionistic pieces
you hope might one day coalesce
to form something coherent

this was me you want to say

and then
to examine each piece in turn
identifying a place      a person
your mother’s third wedding-day
that uneventful holiday in Greece
the love of your life
	b…

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