I wrote my first poem when I was 15 years old. I’d always wanted to write poetry. I feel things very deeply. I tried to write my first poem when I was 12, but I thought every poem had to rhyme. I was homeschooled in Christian fundamentalism, so I thought deviating from traditional poetry wasContinueContinue reading “Poem: Prayer”
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Poem: Outside
The sun is shining over the flowers my grandfather planted. They’re still growing, long after he died in 1995. One of my goals for 2016 is to write a new spoken word poem every month. Here’s February’s poem. We can breathe again, out here in the open.Drink in lemonade sunlightbecause each one of us hasContinueContinue reading “Poem: Outside”
Poem: September Again
I read two slam poems this month at the LogOn Cafe’s poetry slam. One of my goals for 2016 is to write a new spoken word poem every month. Here’s January’s poem. It’s September again,and I feel autumn rushing through my fingertipslike frozen yellow leaved sunshineand I remember when I drank your words like water.ThatContinueContinue reading “Poem: September Again”
Poem: Maybe
I wrote this poem as part of the 2011 Poem-A-Day challenge in April. 4/11/2011 Maybe today I will stoppicking at the crumbly, dark scabson these ragged wounds.Maybe I will draw backthe shades to the shadowy inside,let the liquid light deluge me,and choose to see through the bleeding tears.Maybe today I will trust. Maybe—just maybe—I’ll pickContinueContinue reading “Poem: Maybe”
Poem: Modern Superman
I finally got around to writing a poem last month that I’d been meaning to write since last fall in a poetry project on CleanPlace, the online writer’s forum I’m part of. One week, the prompt was: “Write a poem that responds to a song. Do not quote the song! Write about how YOU respondContinueContinue reading “Poem: Modern Superman”
Eleanor Skelton 