I Do Not Fear…

Prompt- Write a poem that starts with “I do not fear”

I do not fear your pain, wrenched from experiences

I do not fear your anger, righteous indignation

I do not fear your laughter, reflected tomfoolery

I do not fear your intellect, mused facts

I do not fear your attraction, biological response

I do not fear your dreams, goals awaiting acceptance

I do not fear your tears, humanity’s glue

I fear your assumptions, walls to empathy

I fear your pride, fists balled to face

I fear your greed, war begetting ownership

I fear your hatred, blind bloody binges

I fear your addiction, puppet strings

I fear your nightmares, prophesied vengeance

I fear your rejection, abandonment at the precipice

-Excerpt from The Shorter Things Collection

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Knitting Is Better Than Therapy

Prompt- Use the words: actor, glorious, stitch

Knitting is better than therapy

As stitches are created

Knit, purl, yarn over, decrease one

They do not analyze me, force correct answers

In therapy, I am an actor in an office

Yes, I feel guilt

No, I haven’t slipped

Yes, I love myself

No, I haven’t contemplated suicide

But when knitting, I do not dwell

On what is unworthy of contemplation

I obey the pattern or rebel with improvisation

As I speed knit Continental style or English throw and

pick

No platitudes, no critiques

No pressure, no poking at pain till I bleed out

Only two sticks dancing with string

Creating, living, growing

Stitch by stitch, truth by truth

I’m a maker

Of miracles, of masterpieces, of monstrosities

What’s the worst that can happen with wool and

wonder?

A dropped stitch, a lost pattern, incorrect gauge, wonky

seams

I rip back, rewind, add tension to used, wrinkled strings

And start again

A work-in-progress

           

          In through the front door

          Run around the back

          Down through the window

          Off jumps Jack

Glorious fiber,

    Bare my soul to the cashmere gods

          Darn my holes

               Heal with scarves, socks, shawls

                    Warm with sweaters and blankets

                         Spin, ply, dye

                                       Bind off

-From The Shorter Things Collection

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It is all for the bright!

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Danger, Ralph Waldo

As soon as there is life, there is danger.

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is all for the bright!

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I Do Not Fear…

Prompt- Write a poem that starts with “I do

not fear”

I do not fear your pain, wrenched from experiences

I do not fear your anger, righteous indignation

I do not fear your laughter, reflected tomfoolery

I do not fear your intellect, mused facts

I do not fear your attraction, biological response

I do not fear your dreams, goals awaiting acceptance

I do not fear your tears, humanity’s glue

I fear your assumptions, walls to empathy

I fear your pride, fists balled to face

I fear your greed, war begetting ownership

I fear your hatred, blind bloody binges

I fear your addiction, puppet strings

I fear your nightmares, prophesied vengeance

I fear your rejection, abandonment at the precipice

-Excerpt from The Shorter Things Collection

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It is all for the bright!

New subscribers to my newsletter get a free ebook copy of Tigress!

I Do Not Fear…

Prompt- Write a poem that starts with “I do

not fear”

I do not fear your pain, wrenched from experiences

I do not fear your anger, righteous indignation

I do not fear your laughter, reflected tomfoolery

I do not fear your intellect, mused facts

I do not fear your attraction, biological response

I do not fear your dreams, goals awaiting acceptance

I do not fear your tears, humanity’s glue

I fear your assumptions, walls to empathy

I fear your pride, fists balled to face

I fear your greed, war begetting ownership

I fear your hatred, blind bloody binges

I fear your addiction, puppet strings

I fear your nightmares, prophesied vengeance

I fear your rejection, abandonment at the precipice

-Excerpt from The Shorter Things Collection

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It is all for the bright!

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I’m a Star

I sing the same songs over and over

I’m so high, I have to say I’m not sober

When I collapse

I’ll leave a big, black hole

Then what becomes  

Of my soul?

 

Go, go away

Bright morning sun

In the day

I’m no one

In the night 

I shine so far

In the dark

I’m a star

-Excerpt of the poem “Lament Of A Star” from The Shorter Things Collection

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I Do Not Fear…

Prompt- Write a poem that starts with “I do

not fear”

I do not fear your pain, wrenched from experiences

I do not fear your anger, righteous indignation

I do not fear your laughter, reflected tomfoolery

I do not fear your intellect, mused facts

I do not fear your attraction, biological response

I do not fear your dreams, goals awaiting acceptance

I do not fear your tears, humanity’s glue

I fear your assumptions, walls to empathy

I fear your pride, fists balled to face

I fear your greed, war begetting ownership

I fear your hatred, blind bloody binges

I fear your addiction, puppet strings

I fear your nightmares, prophesied vengeance

I fear your rejection, abandonment at the precipice

-Excerpt from The Shorter Things Collection

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It is all for the bright!

New subscribers to my newsletter get a free ebook copy of Tigress!

Danger, Ralph Waldo

As soon as there is life, there is danger.

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is all for the bright!

New subscribers to my newsletter get a free ebook copy of Tigress!

Knitting Is Better Than Therapy

Prompt- Use the words: actor, glorious, stitch

Knitting is better than therapy

As stitches are created

Knit, purl, yarn over, decrease one

They do not analyze me, force correct answers

In therapy, I am an actor in an office

Yes, I feel guilt

No, I haven’t slipped

Yes, I love myself

No, I haven’t contemplated suicide

But when knitting, I do not dwell

On what is unworthy of contemplation

I obey the pattern or rebel with improvisation

As I speed knit Continental style or English throw and

pick

No platitudes, no critiques

No pressure, no poking at pain till I bleed out

Only two sticks dancing with string

Creating, living, growing

Stitch by stitch, truth by truth

I’m a maker

Of miracles, of masterpieces, of monstrosities

What’s the worst that can happen with wool and

wonder?

A dropped stitch, a lost pattern, incorrect gauge, wonky

seams

I rip back, rewind, add tension to used, wrinkled strings

And start again

A work-in-progress

           

          In through the front door

          Run around the back

          Down through the window

          Off jumps Jack

Glorious fiber,

    Bare my soul to the cashmere gods

          Darn my holes

               Heal with scarves, socks, shawls

                    Warm with sweaters and blankets

                         Spin, ply, dye

                                       Bind off

-Excerpt from The Shorter Things Collection

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It is all for the bright!

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I’m a Star

I sing the same songs over and over

I’m so high, I have to say I’m not sober

When I collapse

I’ll leave a big, black hole

Then what becomes  

Of my soul?

 

Go, go away

Bright morning sun

In the day

I’m no one

In the night 

I shine so far

In the dark

I’m a star

-Excerpt of the poem “Lament Of A Star” from The Shorter Things Collection

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It is all for the bright!

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