THE DAY TINKERBELL DIED: the quiet heartbreak of being too kind in a careless world
Sometimes it’s the acquaintances and strangers who surprise us most — those who see us clearly, if only for a moment. And sometimes it’s the friends who don’t, who leave the quiet bruises. This piece is about both — and about choosing to stay open anyway.
YOU MUST TRY YOGA
You mock your meniscus.
Poopoo your herniated disks,
Ignore the worrying cracking noise
that just escaped the mysterious innerworkings of your hip-flexors;
you are – Namastanley exalts – adding life-juice
by crushing your pigeon.
VELVET BLESSINGS: We remember. We forgive. And we begin again.
Do you remember when we were pretty –
Oh, so very, very pretty! –
Now that our feet beckon our topography,
and time bolts towards eternity?
I hope, now, that we soften,
strive to let the inconsequential go.
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HOW TO BECOME A WORLD CLASS POET: A Masterclass in Making it Up as you Go
Subvert your verbs, Tart up your metaphors