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"belabored" poems

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A Command of Her Ownshe writes me from Paris / wanting a command, / exactement comme moi

@poetoftheway40

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Singing to the CarnivalSINGING TO THE CARNIVAL / By Angela Turner / I’ve been singing

@angela-turner53

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on saying "i love you"it's funny how easily the tongue / forgets itself / loses language

@william-alexander8

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The LessonSo you landed on my eye / I'm flattered you thought it was a flower / There's no pollen here only panic

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culture shockSo, / I may have gotten a bit drunk last night, / (See previous entry).

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If I am only ever a poemIf I am only ever a poem to you, I will be satisfied. A poem you heard someone read once, but you can’t remember the title, and only a few lines stick out. Snatches of speech still hang in a dusty closet of memory. Aired out by similar voices, phrases, overheard on the subway or at the supermarket. Somewhere in song lyrics you find a line, half a line, speak it softly to yourself. You may be aware of how your tongue bends to the words, notice how it brushes the roof of your mouth, and feel the edges of your lips come together— you might not. / It will not be constant. I will not be the belabored sonnet, the endless chant, the mantra you repeat day after day. I will be the fleeting thought, epiphany of memory, the light ache of a barely recalled past. Easily lost, in life, in noise, lost in the millions of words and notes swimming in your brain, fallen between synapses and currents. Half remembered, half lost— eternally. The half life reminder of a woman, a girl, in love with language, and lost in thought. / If I am never anything but a poem to you, I am satisfied.

@elaenor-aisling3

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ItchyIt's a time to be outside / so I open the door / but can't believe my eyes

@andrew-rueter32

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Yes She Said“Yes”, she said. / Braced fast, I stood. / My face did then bloom red

@michael-briefs28

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Visage of ManyThe fields of gold— / Looking grave / as past faces

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