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Aspiration
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Rebecca Morse |
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Aspiration
My work
should be like
the breath of a child
on puffy white
dandelions
With all of myself
in each task,
fully absorbed
in that single breath,
and perhaps another puff or two
to send
straggling
seeds
out into the world
and then I must let go - toss the stem,
let my seeds
fall where they may
to sprout and grow,
or wither away
without a care in the world
as i pluck
another dandelion
to blow.
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--Submitted by sillygirl on 2010-11-14.
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David Cooke:
Excellent, multilayered and visual. Nice job taking a cliché poetic image and really renewing it. The only line that grated on me was the cliché of "fall where they may" which is reinforced by the rhyme with “away”.
Posted 11/15/2010 12:51 PM
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Julianne Carlile:
Yes, I enjoyed it. Very well written.
Posted 11/14/2010 10:57 PM
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sillygirl:
The formatting didn't hold...
The first stanza is to be centered, the second two stretching progressively to the right of the page, and the last two straight down right of center. Still, the content is there, so I hope you enjoy. :)
Posted 11/14/2010 07:39 AM
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